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Xyridaceae
Xyris

not marked as a favorite taxon Xyris chapmanii E.L. Bridges & Orzell. Common name: Chapman's Yellow-eyed-grass. Phenology: Aug-Sep; Sep-Oct. Habitat: Sandhill seepage bogs in areas of copious lateral seepage in deep muck soils, beaver pond margins. Distribution: With a disjunct distribution in the Southeastern Coastal Plain: s. NJ (Moyer & Bridges 2015); sc. NC south to c. SC (in the fall-line Sandhills) (Sorrie, Van Eerden, & Russo 1997); wc. GA; Panhandle FL west through s. AL to s. MS; e. TX.

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ID notes: This taxon is abundantly distinct from X. scabrifolia by its essentially glabrous leaves and lack of outer scale leaves and bulbous bases.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: See Bridges & Orzell (1990) for detailed information.

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Bridges & Orzell (1990), Bridges & Orzell (2003); = n/a — RAB, Tat; < Xyris scabrifolia R.M.Harper — FNA22, WH3, Kral (1966a). Basionym: Xyris chapmanii E.L.Bridges & Orzell 1990

Links to other floras: < Xyris scabrifolia - FNA22

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Xyris chapmanii© Edwin Bridges | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Xyris chapmanii© Edwin Bridges | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Xyris chapmanii© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Xyris chapmanii© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Xyris chapmanii© Edwin Bridges | Original Image ⭷

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