Xyris smalliana Nash. Common name: Small's Yellow-eyed-grass. Phenology: Jul-Aug. Habitat: Pond margins, ditches; often growing in standing water in the intermediate zones of basin marshes adjacent to Hypericum fasciculatum and Pontederia cordata [in peninsular FL]. Distribution: S. ME south to s. FL, west to s. MS; disjunct to se. TX; s. Mexico south into Central America; West Indies (Cuba).
ID notes: This species typically has conspicuous pinkish-red leaf bases.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, C, ETx1, FNA22, GW1, K1, K3, K4, Meso6, NE, NY, RAB, S, S13, W, WH3, Bridges & Orzell (2003), Kral (1966a); > Xyris congdonii Small – F, Tat; > Xyris smalliana Nash – F; > Xyris smalliana Nash var. olneyi (Wood) Gleason – G; > Xyris smalliana Nash var. smalliana – G
Links to other floras: = Xyris smalliana - FNA22
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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