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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris difformis var. curtissii   FAMILY Xyridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Xyris difformis var. curtissii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-012:

Xyris curtissii   FAMILY Xyridaceae

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

Xyris neglecta

 

COMMON NAME:
Curtiss's yellow-eyed-grass


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image of Xyris curtissii, Curtiss's yellow-eyed-grass

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_xyris_curtissii1

July    Moore County    NC

Stem 3-8", 4-ribbed, and minutely bumpy (papillose). Flowers open in the AM, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris difformis var. curtissii   FAMILY Xyridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Xyris difformis var. curtissii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-012:
Xyris curtissii   FAMILY Xyridaceae

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

 

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2721

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas, inland in acid bogs and seeps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, 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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