Xyris torta
| Xyris torta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Xyridaceae |
| Genus: | Xyris |
| Species: | X. torta |
| Binomial name | |
| Xyris torta Sm. 1819 not Kunth 1843 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Xyris torta, the slender yelloweyed grass,[2] is a North American species of flowering plants 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
- ↑ The Plant List, Xyris torta Sm.
- ↑ "Xyris torta". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- 1 2 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
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri in 1993
- Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society
- Delaware Wildflowers
- Alabama Plant Atlas
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