| Xyris elliottii | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Xyridaceae |
| Genus: | Xyris |
| Species: | X. elliottii
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| Binomial name | |
| Xyris elliottii | |
Xyris elliottii, common name Elliott's yelloweyed grass, [2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It is native to the coastal plain of the United States from Mississippi to South Carolina plus southern Mexico ( Tabasco), Central America ( Belize, Nicaragua) and the West Indies ( Cuba, Puerto Rico). [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Xyris elliottii is a perennial herb up to 25 cm (10 inches) tall with grass-like, olive-green leaves up to 40 cm (4 inches) long, and yellow flowers. [4] [8] [9]
- ^ Quiton Tuijtelaars, M. (2013). "Xyris elliottii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T44392390A44457931. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T44392390A44457931.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Xyris elliottii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ a b Flora of North America, Xyris drummondii Malme 1933.
- ^ Tropicos, Xyris elliottii Chapm.
- ^ Kral, R. 2001. Xyridaceae. En: Stevens, W.D., C. Ulloa, A. Pool & O.M. Montiel (eds.). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85(3): 2544–2549
- ^ Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 85: i–ix, 1–246
- ^ Malme, Gustaf Oskar Andersson 1933. Arkiv för Botanik utgivet av K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien 25A(12): 14–15
- ^ Chapman, Alvan Wentworth 1860. Flora of the southern United States 500
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