Slender Yellow-eyed Grass
Xyris torta Smith
Slender Yellow-eyed Grass: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/1750
Synonyms
Xyris flexuosa 
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56 Records

Description

Note twisted stem. Blooms in the morning.

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Xyris torta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Xyridaceae
Genus: Xyris
Species:
X. torta
Binomial name
Xyris torta
Sm. 1819 not Kunth 1843
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Xyris bulbosa Kunth
  • Xyris bulbosa var. minor Alph.Wood
  • Xyris purshii Sweet
  • Xyris torta var. macropoda Fernald
  • Xyris torta var. occidentalis Malme

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

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  1. ^ The Plant List, Xyris torta Sm.
  2. ^ NRCS. "Xyris torta". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ^ a b Flora of North America, Xyris torta Smith 1819.
  5. ^ Rees, Abraham 1819. The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature, volume 39, unnumbered page with Xyris no. 11
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