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Xyris straminea is a small annual tufted species of plant in the Xyridaceae family. It can be found in seasonally wet soils and inselbergs in Tropical Africa.
Widespread in Tropical West Africa where it often grows on wet rocky slopes, rock pools and a few other seasonally wet habitats.
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 straminea 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.
