Xyris scabrifolia

Xyris scabrifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Xyridaceae
Genus: Xyris
Species: X. platylepis
Binomial name
Xyris platylepis
Chapm. 1860

Xyris platylepis, Harper's yelloweyed grass,[1] is a North American species of flowering plants in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It grows on the coastal plain of the southeastern and south-central United States from eastern Texas to Virginia.[2][3]

Xyris platylepis is a perennial herb with a stem up to 10 cm (4 inches) tall with long, narrow leaves up to 50 cm (20 inches) long. [3][4]


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