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Fringed yelloweyed grass

Xyris fimbriata

Fringed yelloweyed grass
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0

Fringed yelloweyed grass is a perennial, grass-like herb native to the US coastal plain from New Jersey to eastern Texas, growing up to about 1.5 m tall with yellow flowers. It is a wetland-type plant that does best with consistently moist soil and full sun.

Family
Xyridaceae (Xyrid family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently wet or boggy; it tolerates standing water at the edges.
Soil
Moist, acidic, sandy or peaty soil.
Temperature
Hardy in warm temperate to subtropical conditions; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New Jersey to Texas
Climate
subtropical

About

Xyris fimbriata, the fringed 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 eastern Texas to New Jersey.

Xyris fimbriata is a perennial herb up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall with grass-like, olive-green leaves up to 70 cm (28 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 · Carolina yelloweyed grass · Hawai'i yelloweyed grass · Correll's yelloweyed grass · Bog yelloweyed grass · Drummond's yelloweyed grass · Elliott's yelloweyed grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xyris fimbriata 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.

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