OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris floridana   FAMILY Xyridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Xyris floridana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Xyris difformis var. floridana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Xyris difformis var. floridana

 

COMMON NAME:
Florida Yellow-eyed-grass


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image of Xyris floridana, Florida Yellow-eyed-grass

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmxfloridana_echawswale

Month Unknown    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Mature spikes ovoid, sharply acute. Plants solitary or in small clumps, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris floridana   FAMILY Xyridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Xyris floridana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Xyris difformis var. floridana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Xyris difformis var. floridana

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2397

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in GA, rare in Carolinas

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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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