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Status
Small's Yellow-eyed Grass is listed as an endangered plant in Maryland. There are less than five populations in the state and they are all restricted to the Eastern Shore. On the Eastern Shore these rare plants are only found in Delmarva Bays and acidic seepage wetlands. Small's Yellow-eyed Grass is endangered because of habitat loss due mostly to hydrological alterations and the woody succession of the open bog habitats. The Worcester County population is considered extirpated (MD DNR, 2017).
Description
Blooms in the afternoon.
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Source: Wikipedia
| Xyris smalliana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Xyridaceae |
| Genus: | Xyris |
| Species: | X. smalliana
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| Binomial name | |
| Xyris smalliana Nash (1895)
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List
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Xyris smalliana, Small's yelloweyed grass,[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It grows on the coastal plain of the eastern and southern United States from Maine to Texas, as well as in Cuba, Central America, and the State of Tabasco in southern Mexico.[3][4][5]
Xyris smalliana is a perennial herb with a stem up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall with long, narrow leaves up to 20 cm (8 inches) long.[4][6]
References
[edit]- ^ The Plant List, Xyris smalliana Nash
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Xyris smalliana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ a b Flora of North America, Xyris serotina Chapman 1860
- ^ Kral, R. 1994. 259. Xyridaceae. 6: 174–177. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
- ^ Nash, George Valentine 1895. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 22(4): 159–160
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