Xyris caroliniana
| Xyris caroliniana | |
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| 1894 drawing[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Xyridaceae |
| Genus: | Xyris |
| Species: | X. caroliniana
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| Binomial name | |
| Xyris caroliniana Walter 1788
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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List
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Xyris caroliniana, the Carolina yelloweyed grass,[3] is a North American species of flowering plant in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It is native to Cuba and to the coastal plain of the southern and eastern United States from eastern Texas to New Jersey.[4][5]
Xyris caroliniana is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall with narrow leaves up to 50 cm (20 inches) long, and yellow flowers.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ illustration of Xyris indica (syn of X. caroliniana). Imagen procedente de "Histoire des plantes. Monographie des Taccacées, Burmanniacées, Hydrocharidacées, Commelinacées, Xyridacées, Mayacacées, Phylidracées" de Henri-Ernest Baillon publicado en 1894
- ^ The Plant List, Xyris brevifolia Michx.
- ^ NRCS. "Xyris caroliniana". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ a b Flora of North America, Xyris caroliniana Walter, 1788.
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