Xyris caroliniana

Xyris caroliniana
1894 drawing[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Xyridaceae
Genus: Xyris
Species: X. caroliniana
Binomial name
Xyris caroliniana
Walter 1788
Synonyms[2]

Xyris caroliniana, the Carolina yelloweyed grass,[3] is a North American species of flowering plant in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It is native to Cuba and to the coastal plain of the southern and eastern United States from eastern Texas to New Jersey.[4][5]

Xyris caroliniana is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall with narrow leaves up to 50 cm (20 inches) long, and yellow flowers. [5]

References

  1. illustration of Xyris indica (syn of X. caroliniana). Imagen procedente de "Histoire des plantes. Monographie des Taccacées, Burmanniacées, Hydrocharidacées, Commelinacées, Xyridacées, Mayacacées, Phylidracées" de Henri-Ernest Baillon publicado en 1894
  2. The Plant List, Xyris brevifolia Michx.
  3. "Xyris caroliniana". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. 1 2 Flora of North America, Xyris caroliniana Walter, 1788.
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