Intro: Tall, scapose perennial from clump of narrow leaves, found in mucky-sandy soils of upland depression ponds, also along sandhill streams, impoundments and in deep muck of sandhills seepage slopes.

Stems: Stem twisted and multi-ribbed below, flattened and 2-ribbed above.

Leaves: Leaves linear to strap-like, not twisted, thick, tan-colored, bases reddish.

Inforescence: Flowers in short, oval, cone-like spike at stem tip, each bud concealed inside single light-brown (with green center), scale-like bract.

Flowers: 1 to several yellow, 3-petaled flowers open at a time, in morning; prominently protruding sepas have fringed keels, making spike appear fuzzy.

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Height: 1.5-4 ft.

plant sale text: Giant yellow-eyed grass is not a grass at all, but it has skinny flat leaves like a grass and cool twisted stems. The 3-petaled yellow flowers are interesting and unusual, as they are arranged at the top of a cylindrical spike on a tall stem. Native to wet flatwoods, depression ponds, and sandhill seepage slopes of the Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States, giant yellow-eyed grass is a good choice for bog gardens or other sunny soggy areas of the garden.

bloom table text:

description: Tall, scapose perennial from clump of narrow leaves, found in mucky-sandy soils of upland depression ponds, also along sandhill streams, impoundments and in deep muck of sandhills seepage slopes.

stems: Stem twisted and multi-ribbed below, flattened and 2-ribbed above.

leaves: Leaves linear to strap-like, not twisted, thick, tan-colored, bases reddish.

inflorescence: Flowers in short, oval, cone-like spike at stem tip, each bud concealed inside single light-brown (with green center), scale-like bract.

flowers: 1 to several yellow, 3-petaled flowers open at a time, in morning; prominently protruding sepas have fringed keels, making spike appear fuzzy.

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germination code: 1,4

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