Xyris caroliniana

Xyris caroliniana
	1894 drawing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Xyridaceae
Genus:	Xyris
Species:	X. caroliniana
Binomial name
	Xyris caroliniana; Walter 1788
Synonyms
	List Kotsjiletti flexuosa (Muhl. ex Elliott) Nieuwl. ; Ramotha floridana Raf. ; Xyris arenicola Small 1903 not Miq. 1844 ; Xyris canadensis Schnizl. ; Xyris caroliniana var. brevifolia (Michx.) Alph.Wood ; Xyris caroliniana f. flaccida Fernald ; Xyris caroliniana f. phyllolepis Fernald ; Xyris caroliniana var. scabra Engelm. & A.Gray ; Xyris conocephala C.Wright ; Xyris conocephala var. pallescens (C.Mohr) Malme ; Xyris fimbriata Beyr. ex Kunth 1843 not Elliott 1816 ; Xyris flexuosa Muhl. ex Elliott ; Xyris flexuosa var. pallescens (Small) Barnhart ; Xyris glabra Engelm. ex Ries ; Xyris graminifolia Chapm. ex Ries ; Xyris indica Pursh ; Xyris pallescens Small ; Xyris scabra Engelm. ; Xyris torta var. pallescens C.Mohr ;

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]

Within the United States' Florida and Georgia, this species has been observed in habitat such as mesic sandy meadows, wiregrass-longleaf pinewoods, and slash pine woodlands.^[6]

References

^ 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.
^ Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: July 2015. Collectors: Karen MacClendon, B. Boothe, Loran C. Anderson, Robert Kral, Loran C. Anderson, James R. Burkhalter, F. R. Hedges, W. P. Adams, Allen G. Shuey, Cecil R Slaughter, P. L. Redfearn, J. P. Gillespie, D. L. Fichtner, Sidney McDaniel, R. F. Throne, R. A. Davidson, William Reese, Bian Tan, Steve L. Orzell, Edwin L. Bridges, N. C. Henderson, Bruce Hansen, JoAnn Hansen, George R. Cooley, R. J. Eaton, Olga Lakela, M. Davis, R. A. Norris, Annie Schmidt. States and Counties: Florida: Alachua, Bay, Brevard, Calhoun, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, DeSoto, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hernando, Indian River, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Martin, Okaloosa, Orange, Pasco, Santa Rosa, Seminole, St. Lucie, Sumter, Volusia, Wakulla, Walton, Washington. Georgia: Thomas.

External links

Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Florida in 1981

[1] ustration 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

[2] The Plant List, Xyris brevifolia Michx.

[3] NRCS. "Xyris caroliniana". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 September 2015.

[4] Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

[tammy-5] Flora of North America, Xyris caroliniana Walter, 1788.

[6] Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: July 2015. Collectors: Karen MacClendon, B. Boothe, Loran C. Anderson, Robert Kral, Loran C. Anderson, James R. Burkhalter, F. R. Hedges, W. P. Adams, Allen G. Shuey, Cecil R Slaughter, P. L. Redfearn, J. P. Gillespie, D. L. Fichtner, Sidney McDaniel, R. F. Throne, R. A. Davidson, William Reese, Bian Tan, Steve L. Orzell, Edwin L. Bridges, N. C. Henderson, Bruce Hansen, JoAnn Hansen, George R. Cooley, R. J. Eaton, Olga Lakela, M. Davis, R. A. Norris, Annie Schmidt. States and Counties: Florida: Alachua, Bay, Brevard, Calhoun, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, DeSoto, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hernando, Indian River, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Martin, Okaloosa, Orange, Pasco, Santa Rosa, Seminole, St. Lucie, Sumter, Volusia, Wakulla, Walton, Washington. Georgia: Thomas.

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