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Xyridaceae
Xyris

not marked as a favorite taxon Xyris brevifolia Michaux. Common name: Shortleaf Yellow-eyed-grass. Phenology: Jun-Aug. Habitat: Wet sands of pinelands, especially seasonally wet, open, white sands of spodosol longleaf pine flatwoods (Leon series soils), margins of Carolina bay sandrims. Distribution: Se. North Carolina south to s. Florida, west to s. Alabama and w. Florida; West Indies; e. South America. Specimens from further west identifed as this species (at least B.S. Early 1943) are instead X. drummondii (E. Bridges, pers. comm.; 2026).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA22, GW1, K1, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, S, S13, WH3, Bridges & Orzell (2003), Kral (1966a). Basionym: Xyris brevifolia Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: = Xyris brevifolia - FNA22

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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