Xyris smalliana

Xyris smalliana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Xyridaceae
Genus: Xyris
Species: X. smalliana
Binomial name
Xyris smalliana
Nash (1895)
Synonyms[1]

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]

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References

  1. The Plant List, Xyris smalliana Nash
  2. "Xyris smalliana". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. 1 2 Flora of North America, Xyris serotina Chapman 1860
  5. 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..
  6. Nash, George Valentine 1895. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 22(4): 159–160

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