Xyris fimbriata |
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fringe yelloweyed grass |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, usually cespitose, 60–150 cm, base shallowly set. |
Stems | compact. |
Leaves | in fans, 40–70 cm; base dull, straw-colored, green, or pinkish; blade lustrous green, broadly linear, flat or slightly twisted, 5–25 mm, smooth, margins papillate. |
Inflorescences | scape sheaths much exceeded by leaves; scapes linear, 1–1.5 mm wide, distally scabrous, 2-ribbed, ribs harsh; spikes ovoid to ellipsoid, 12–25 mm, apex blunt; fertile bracts 5–8 mm, margins nearly entire, apex rounded. |
Flowers | lateral sepals conspicuously exserted, yellow-brown, nearly straight, (5.5–)6–8(–9) mm, keel firm, long-fimbriate with pale hairs; petals unfolding in late morning, blade obovate, 5–8 mm; staminodes bearded. |
Seeds | translucent, cylindro-fusiform, 0.8–1 mm, with broad, flat, pale longitudinal ribs. |
2n | = 18. |
Xyris fimbriata |
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Phenology | Flowering summer–fall (all year south). |
Habitat | Peats and mucks of pond shallows, sluggish shallow streams, bogs, seeps, low pine savanna |
Elevation | 0–300 m (0–1000 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; DE; FL; GA; LA; MD; MS; NC; NJ; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA
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Source | FNA vol. 22. |
Parent taxa | Xyridaceae > Xyris |
Sibling taxa | |
Name authority | Elliott |
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