OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Xyris baldwiniana   FAMILY Xyridaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris baldwiniana   FAMILY Xyridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Xyris baldwiniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-008:

Xyris baldwiniana   FAMILY Xyridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Xyris baldwiniana

 

COMMON NAME:
Baldwin's Yellow-eyed-grass, Grassleaf Yellow-eyed-grass


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image of Xyris baldwiniana, Baldwin's Yellow-eyed-grass, Grassleaf Yellow-eyed-grass

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmxbaldwiniana_pob2

June    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Scape as broad or broader than the leaf blades. Staminodia beardless, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Xyris baldwiniana   FAMILY Xyridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris baldwiniana   FAMILY Xyridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Xyris baldwiniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-008:
Xyris baldwiniana   FAMILY Xyridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris baldwiniana

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2393

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, seepage bogs, sandhill seeps, wet savanna ecotones, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

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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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