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Xyris flabelliformis
Xyris flabelliformis
Chapm.
Family:
Xyridaceae
Savannah Yellow-Eyed-Grass
FNA
Resources
Robert Kral in Flora of North America (vol. 22)
Herbs, annual, cespitose, rarely solitary, 7--30 cm. Stems short. Leaves in fans, (1--)2--3(--10) cm; sheath base without chestnut brown patch; blade strongly maroon-tinged, lance-linear, 1--3(--4) mm wide, margins papillate or finely tuberculate-scabrous. Inflorescences: scape sheaths much exceeding leaves; scapes filiform, nearly terete, 0.5 mm wide, many ribbed; spikes mostly ovoid, mostly longer than broad, 4--8(--10) mm, apex acute; fertile bracts 3--5 mm, margins entire or erose, apex keeled. Flowers: lateral sepals included, strongly curved, 2--3 mm, keel concolorous, firm, ciliate; petals unfolding in morning, blade obovate, 2.5--3 mm; staminodes bearded. Seeds translucent, broadly ellipsoid to round, 0.3 mm, finely lined longitudinally. 2n = 18.
Flowering spring--early summer (all year south). Acid, sandy, peaty flatwoods, clearings, disturbed moist sands, coastal plain; 0--200 m; Ala., Fla., Ga., Miss., N.C., S.C.
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University of Florida Herbarium
University of Florida Herbarium
University of Florida Herbarium
University of Florida Herbarium
University of Florida Herbarium
University of Florida Herbarium
University of Florida Herbarium
University of Florida Herbarium
University of Florida Herbarium
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