Xyris curtissii Malme. Common name: Curtiss's Yellow-eyed-grass. Phenology: Jul-Aug. Habitat: Longleaf pine savannas, inland in acid bogs and seeps. Distribution: Se. VA south to ne. FL, FL Panhandle, and west to s. AR and ec. TX, primarily on the Coastal Plain; disjunct in w. SC in the uppermost Piedmont (Blue Ridge Escarpment region); disjunct in s. NJ; Central America (Belize).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = G, K4, RAB, Va, WH3; = Xyris difformis Chapm. var. curtissii (Malme) Kral — AqW, Ar, C, ETx1, FNA22, GW1, Meso6, Tx, Kral & Moffett (2009), Kral (1966a); = Xyris neglecta Small — S, S13; > Xyris bayardii Fernald — F; > Xyris curtissii Malme — F, Bridges & Orzell (2003); Xyris curtissii Malme. Basionym: Xyris curtissii Malme 1913 "Urbasionym:" Xyris neglecta Small 1892
Links to other floras: = Xyris difformis var. curtissii - FNA22
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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