OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Xyris scabrifolia   FAMILY Xyridaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris scabrifolia   FAMILY Xyridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Xyris scabrifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)

Xyris scabrifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Xyris scabrifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Xyris scabrifolia

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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image of Xyris scabrifolia, Roughleaf Yellow-eyed-grass, Scabrous-leaved Xyris, Harper's Yellow-eyed-grass

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).

image of Xyris scabrifolia, Roughleaf Yellow-eyed-grass, Scabrous-leaved Xyris, Harper's Yellow-eyed-grass

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 (4/14/23):
Xyris scabrifolia   FAMILY Xyridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris scabrifolia   FAMILY Xyridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Xyris scabrifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Xyris scabrifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Xyris scabrifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Xyris scabrifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris scabrifolia

 

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2539

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: sandhill seepage bogs and wet pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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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/Fall?
Capsule

 

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