Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Xyris smalliana
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
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A robust species, with scapes typically 2-4' tall and leaves 1-2' long and up to 1.5cm wide. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris smalliana
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Xyris smalliana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)
Xyris smalliana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Xyris smalliana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-003:
Xyris smalliana FAMILY Xyridaceae
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Xyris congdonii
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Xyris smalliana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris smalliana
COMMON NAME:
Small's Yellow-eyed-grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_xyco6_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Xyris smalliana
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris smalliana
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Xyris smalliana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Xyris smalliana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Xyris smalliana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-003:
Xyris smalliana
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Xyris congdonii
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Xyris smalliana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris smalliana
4486
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Pond margins, ditches; often growing in standing water in the intermediate zones of basin marshes adjacent to Hypericum fasciculatum and Pontederia cordata [in peninsular FL], 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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