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Xyris scabrifolia
Also called Roughleaf Yellow Eyed Grass
Harper's yelloweyed grass is a small perennial grass-like plant of wet, sandy or boggy ground in the southeastern United States. It needs consistently moist, open, sunny conditions and is grown mainly by native plant enthusiasts and bog gardeners.
Xyris scabrifolia, common name Harper's yelloweyed grass, is a North American species of perennial in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It grows in the southern United States from Texas to North Carolina.
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 scabrifolia 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.
