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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Xyris smalliana
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
A robust species, with scapes typically 2-4' tall and leaves 1-2' long and up to 1.5cm wide. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris smalliana
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-003:
Xyris smalliana FAMILY Xyridaceae
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Xyris congdonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris smalliana
COMMON NAME:
Small's Yellow-eyed-grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_xyco6_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Xyris smalliana
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris smalliana
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-003:
Xyris smalliana
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Xyris congdonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris smalliana
4486
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Pond margins, ditches; often growing in standing water in the intermediate zones of basin marshes adjacent to Hypericum fasciculatum and Pontedaria cordata [in peninsular FL], per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (crowded and appearing basal)
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
3 sepals
3 petals
3 stamens, 3 fimbriate staminodia
Superior ovary
Inflorescence a compact, terminal, capitate spike
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
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