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Carolina yelloweyed grass

Xyris caroliniana

Also called Carolina Yellow Eyed Grass

Carolina yelloweyed grass
Photo: Henri-Ernest Baillon, Public domain
Family
Xyridaceae (Xyrid family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
New Jersey to Texas, W. Cuba
Climate
subtropical

About

Xyris caroliniana, the Carolina yelloweyed grass, is a North American species of flowering plant in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It is native to Cuba and to the coastal plain of the southern and eastern United States from eastern Texas to New Jersey.

Xyris caroliniana is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall with narrow leaves up to 50 cm (20 inches) long, and yellow flowers.

Other Xyris plants

Coastal plain yelloweyed grass · Xyris andina · Xyris asperula · Baldwin's yelloweyed grass · Xyris bracteata · Shortleaf 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 caroliniana 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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