Xyris caroliniana

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
1894 drawing[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Xyridaceae
Genus: Xyris
Species:
X. caroliniana
Binomial name
Xyris caroliniana
Walter 1788
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Kotsjiletti flexuosa (Muhl. ex Elliott) Nieuwl.
  • Ramotha floridana Raf.
  • Xyris arenicola Small 1903 not Miq. 1844
  • Xyris canadensis Schnizl.
  • Xyris caroliniana var. brevifolia (Michx.) Alph.Wood
  • Xyris caroliniana f. flaccida Fernald
  • Xyris caroliniana f. phyllolepis Fernald
  • Xyris caroliniana var. scabra Engelm. & A.Gray
  • Xyris conocephala C.Wright
  • Xyris conocephala var. pallescens (C.Mohr) Malme
  • Xyris fimbriata Beyr. ex Kunth 1843 not Elliott 1816
  • Xyris flexuosa Muhl. ex Elliott
  • Xyris flexuosa var. pallescens (Small) Barnhart
  • Xyris glabra Engelm. ex Ries
  • Xyris graminifolia Chapm. ex Ries
  • Xyris indica Pursh
  • Xyris pallescens Small
  • Xyris scabra Engelm.
  • Xyris torta var. pallescens C.Mohr

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. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Xyris caroliniana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. Flora of North America, Xyris caroliniana Walter, 1788.


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