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Coastal plain yelloweyed grass

Xyris ambigua

Also called Coastalplain yelloweyed grass, Coastalplain Yellow Eyed Grass

Family
Xyridaceae (Xyrid family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
SE. U.S.A. to C. America, Cuba
Climate
subtropical

About

Xyris ambigua, the coastal plain yelloweyed grass, is a North American species of flowering plant in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It is native to southern and eastern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Chiapas, the Yucatán), Central America (Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua), Cuba, and the southeastern and south-central United States (from Texas to Virginia inland to Tennessee and Arkansas).

Xyris ambigua is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall with grass-like leaves and yellow flowers. The leaves of X. ambigua reach approximately 15 to 40 centimeters (6 to 15 inches) in length.

Other Xyris plants

Xyris andina · Xyris asperula · Baldwin's yelloweyed grass · Xyris bracteata · Shortleaf yelloweyed grass · Carolina yelloweyed grass · Hawai'i yelloweyed grass · Correll's yelloweyed grass · Bog yelloweyed grass · Drummond's yelloweyed grass · Elliott's yelloweyed grass · Fringed yelloweyed grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xyris ambigua by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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