Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Xyris floridana
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
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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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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
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