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Carolina Yellow-eyed Grass
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Carolina Yellow-eyed Grass

Xyris caroliniana Walter

Names

EnglishCarolina Yellow-eyed Grass
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Spanish—
Chinese—
Scientific nameXyris caroliniana Walter

About this species

Xyris caroliniana, the Carolina yelloweyed grass, 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.

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.

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.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyXyridaceae
GenusXyris

In Suriname

15Records in Suriname
1916First record
1968Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini3

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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