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Xyridaceae
Xyris

not marked as a favorite taxon Xyris stricta Chapman. Common name: Strict Yellow-eyed-grass. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Depression ponds, depression meadows, borrow pits, ultisol pine savannas, and ditches. Distribution: South Carolina south to ne. Florida and Panhandle Florida, west to s. Mississippi and se. Louisiana. Reported for our area by Kral (1966b). P. McMillan (pers. comm.) reports this species from a number of locations in the outer Coastal Plain of North Carolina and South Carolina.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = GW1, K1, K4, NS, POWO, S, S13, WH3, Bridges & Orzell (1987), Bridges & Orzell (2003), Kral (1966a); = n/a — RAB; = Xyris stricta Chapman var. stricta — ETx1, FNA22. Basionym: Xyris stricta Chapman 1860

Links to other floras: = Xyris stricta var. stricta - FNA22

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image #1 of Xyris stricta© Jay Horn source
image #2 of Xyris stricta© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
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image #9 of Xyris stricta© Janet Wright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Janet Wright source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Xyris stricta© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Xyris stricta© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Xyris stricta© Janet Wright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Janet Wright source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #14 of Xyris stricta© Janet Wright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Janet Wright source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #19 of Xyris stricta© Bruce Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #20 of Xyris stricta© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷
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image #22 of Xyris stricta© Jay Horn source | Original Image ⭷

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