Xyris platylepis

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Xyris platylepis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Xyridaceae
Genus: Xyris
Species:
X. platylepis
Binomial name
Xyris platylepis
Chapm. 1860

Xyris platylepis, the tall yelloweyed grass, [1] is a North American species of flowering plants in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It grows on the coastal plain of the southeastern and south-central United States from eastern Texas to Virginia. [2] [3]

Xyris platylepis is a perennial herb up to 10 cm (4 inches) tall with long, narrow leaves up to 50 cm (20 inches) long. [3] [4] It can be found growing in habitat types such as sandhill seeps, savannahs, and other. [5]

References

  1. ↑ NRCS. "Xyris platylepis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. 1 2 Flora of North America, Xyris platylepis Chapman 1860
  4. ↑ Chapman, Alvan Wentworth 1860. Flora of the southern United States 501
  5. ↑ Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.