Xyris laxifolia
Xyris serotina
laxleaf yelloweyed grass
acidswamp yelloweyed grass
compact.
in fans, 15–20 cm;
sheaths straw-colored to dark brown, dull, papillate to rugose, minutely scabrous;
blade dull green, flattened, plane, 3–12 mm wide, papillate to minutely scabrous, margins minutely scabrous.
scape sheaths exceeded slightly by leaves;
scapes straight, linear, terete, distally slightly compressed or broadly oval, to 2 mm, rugulose, minutely scabrous, strongly 2-ribbed, ribs minutely scabrous;
spikes prevalently ovoid to ellipsoid, 8–20 mm, apex acute;
fertile bracts 5–7 mm, margins entire, apex shape rounded.
lateral sepals included, dark brown, slightly curved, 5–7 mm, keel scarious, lacerate;
petals unfolding in morning, blade obtriangular, 3–3.5 mm;
staminodes bearded.
mealy, ellipsoid, 6 mm, lined longitudinally with papillae, less conspicuously cross-lined.
= 18.
Xyris laxifolia
Xyris serotina
Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Xyris serotina is perhaps the most distinctive species of Xyrid over its range. Certainly, it is overall the most scabrous in foliage, and its leaves are unusually long in relation to its scapes.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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