Xyris elliottii
| Xyris elliottii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Xyridaceae |
| Genus: | Xyris |
| Species: | X. elliottii |
| Binomial name | |
| Xyris elliottii Chapm. 1860 | |
Xyris elliottii, Elliott's yelloweyed grass,[1] is a North American species of flowering plant in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It is native to the coastal plain of the United States from Mississippi to South Carolina plus southern Mexico (Tabasco), Central America (Belize, Nicaragua) and the West Indies (Cuba, Puerto Rico).[2][3][4][5][6]
Xyris elliottii is a perennial herb up to 25 cm (10 inches) tall with grass-like, olive-green leaves up to 40 cm (4 inches) long, and yellow flowers. [3][7][8]
References
- ↑ "Xyris elliottii". 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 drummondii Malme 1933.
- ↑ Tropicos, Xyris elliottii Chapm.
- ↑ Kral, R. 2001. Xyridaceae. En: Stevens, W.D., C. Ulloa, A. Pool & O.M. Montiel (eds.). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85(3): 2544–2549
- ↑ Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 85: i–ix, 1–246
- ↑ Malme, Gustaf Oskar Andersson 1933. Arkiv för Botanik utgivet av K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien 25A(12): 14–15
- ↑ Chapman, Alvan Wentworth 1860. Flora of the southern United States 500
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