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Note twisted stem. Blooms in the morning.
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Slender Yellow-eyed Grass in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/22/2011).
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Bill Harms.
Slender Yellow-eyed Grass blooming in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/4/2015).
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Jim Brighton.
Slender Yellow-eyed Grass blooming in Baltimroe Co., Maryland (8/9/1981).
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Jim Stasz.
Slender Yellow-eyed Grass in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/11/2011).
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Bill Harms.
Slender Yellow-eyed Grass in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/22/2014).
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Fritz Flohr Reynolds.
Slender Yellow-eyed Grass growing in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/22/2014).
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Fritz Flohr Reynolds.
Slender Yellow-eyed Grass in Dorchester Co., Maryland (8/31/2016).
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Bill Hubick.
Source: Wikipedia
Xyris torta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Xyridaceae |
Genus: | Xyris |
Species: | X. torta
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Binomial name | |
Xyris torta Sm. 1819 not Kunth 1843
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Xyris torta, the slender yelloweyed grass,[2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It is widespread in the central and eastern United States from New Hampshire to Georgia, west as far as Minnesota, Nebraska, and eastern Texas.[3][4]
Xyris torta is a perennial herb with a stem up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall with long, narrow twisted leaves up to 50 cm (20 inches) long but generally less than 5 mm (0.2 inches) wide.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ The Plant List, Xyris torta Sm.
- ^ NRCS. "Xyris torta". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ a b Flora of North America, Xyris torta Smith 1819.
- ^ Rees, Abraham 1819. The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature, volume 39, unnumbered page with Xyris no. 11
External links
[edit]- Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri in 1993
- Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society
- Delaware Wildflowers
- Alabama Plant Atlas