Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Xyris scabrifolia
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Xyris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris scabrifolia
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris scabrifolia
COMMON NAME:
Roughleaf Yellow-eyed-grass, Scabrous-leaved Xyris, Harper's Yellow-eyed-grass
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_xyris_scabrifolia1
July Moore County NC
Flowers grow from a conelike head at top of stem, opening midday or later, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_xyris_scabrifolia2
July Moore County NC
Stems mostly 10-32", mostly twisted, densely minutely bumpy, glaucescent, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Xyris scabrifolia
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris scabrifolia
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris scabrifolia
2539
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: sandhill seepage bogs and wet pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (crowded and appearing basal)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
3 sepals
3 petals
3 stamens, 3 fimbriate staminodia
Superior ovary
Inflorescence a compact, terminal, capitate spike
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p431
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p194