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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Xyris elliottii
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Xyris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris elliottii
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Xyris elliottii
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-009:
Xyris elliottii FAMILY Xyridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris elliottii
COMMON NAME:
Elliott's Yellow-eyed-grass
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmxelliottii_sebringwir
June
Leaves linear, flattened in cross-section, with a pale hardened margin, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmxelliottii_twigrushba
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Xyris elliottii
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris elliottii
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Xyris elliottii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-009:
Xyris elliottii
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris elliottii
2396
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Margins of drawdown zones of clay-based Carolina bays, limesinks and flatwoods swales, wet savannas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (crowded and appearing basal)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
3 sepals
3 petals
3 stamens, 3 fimbriate staminodia
Superior ovary
Inflorescence a compact, terminal, capitate spike
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
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