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Small's yelloweyed grass

Xyris smalliana

Also called Small’s yellow-eyed grass, Large yellow-eyed grass, Small's Yellow Eyed Grass

Small's yelloweyed grass
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0

Small's yelloweyed grass is a perennial grass-like herb from the coastal plains of the eastern and southern US, Cuba and Central America. It grows in wet, sunny, open sites such as savannas, ditches and pine flatwoods, and needs consistently moist soil.

Family
Xyridaceae (Xyrid family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil constantly moist or wet; it tolerates standing water at the edges of ponds and bogs.
Soil
Wet, acidic, sandy or peaty soil, such as bog or savanna mixes.
Temperature
Hardy in warm temperate and subtropical climates; protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. U.S.A. to C. America, Cuba
Climate
temperate

About

Xyris smalliana, Small's yelloweyed grass, is a North American species of flowering plants in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It grows on the coastal plain of the eastern and southern United States from Maine to Texas, as well as in Cuba, Central America, and the State of Tabasco in southern Mexico.

Xyris smalliana is a perennial herb with a stem up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall with long, narrow leaves up to 20 cm (8 inches) long.

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 smalliana 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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