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Xyris elliottii
Also called Elliot's Yelloweyed Grass
Elliott's yelloweyed grass is a small, grass-like wetland perennial native to the southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. It grows best in consistently wet, sunny, acidic soils and is rarely grown in gardens.
Xyris elliottii, common name Elliott's yelloweyed grass, 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).
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.
Coastal plain yelloweyed grass · 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 · Fringed yelloweyed grass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xyris elliottii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
