Xyris difformis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Xyridaceae
- Genus
- Xyris
- Species
- Xyris difformis
- Scientific Name
- Xyris difformis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Xyris difformis
Xyris difformis, the bog yelloweyed grass, is a North American species of flowering plant in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It is native to the eastern and southern United States, eastern and central Canada, and Central America.
Xyris difformis is a perennial herb up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall with grass-like leaves up to 50 cm (20 inches) long, and yellow flowers.
- Varieties
- Xyris difformis var. curtissii (Malme) Kral - Belize, coastal states of USA from Texas to Virginia
- Xyris difformis var. difformis - Nova Scotia, Ontario, USA (coastal states from Maine to Texas plus areas as far inland as Michigan, Oklahoma, Indiana, and Arkansas)
- Xyris difformis var. floridana Kral - Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, USA (coastal states from Louisiana to the Carolinas)
Xyris difformis in languages:
- English
- Carolina yellow-eyed grass
- English
- Bog Yellow-eyed Grass
- English
- Bog Yellow-eyed-grass
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Xyris ambigua
- Xyris anceps
- Xyris andina
- Xyris angustifolia
- Xyris aquatica
- Xyris asperula
- Xyris asterotricha
- Xyris baldwiniana
- Xyris bampsii
- Xyris bancana
- Xyris barteri
- Xyris boliviana
- Xyris bracteata
- Xyris bracteicaulis
- Xyris brevifolia
- Xyris buengkanensis
- Xyris calcicola
- Xyris calostachys
- Xyris capensis
- Xyris caroliniana
- Xyris chapmanii
- Xyris complanata
- Xyris congensis
- Xyris correlliorum
- Xyris curtissii
- Xyris densa
- Xyris desquamata
- Xyris diaphanobracteata
- Xyris difformis
- Xyris drummondii
- Xyris ednae
- Xyris elliottii
- Xyris exigua
- Xyris exilis
- Xyris filiformis
- Xyris fimbriata
- Xyris flabelliformis
- Xyris floridana
- Xyris formosana
- Xyris friesii
- Xyris gerrardii
- Xyris gossweileri
- Xyris gracilis
- Xyris grandis
- Xyris grisebachii
- Xyris huillensis
- Xyris imitatrix
- Xyris inaequalis
- Xyris indica
- Xyris intersita
- Xyris involucrata
- Xyris isoetifolia
- Xyris juncea
- Xyris jupicai
- Xyris kibaraensis
- Xyris kundelungensis
- Xyris kwangolana
- Xyris labatii
- Xyris lacera
- Xyris lanata
- Xyris laxifolia
- Xyris lobbii
- Xyris longisepala
- Xyris louisianica
- Xyris marginata
- Xyris mexicana
- Xyris montana
- Xyris muelleri
- Xyris natalensis
- Xyris neocaledonica
- Xyris obscura
- Xyris obtusiuscula
- Xyris operculata
- Xyris panacea
- Xyris pancheri
- Xyris paraensis
- Xyris pauciflora
- Xyris peteri
- Xyris platylepis
- Xyris popeana
- Xyris ramboi
- Xyris rehmannii
- Xyris rubella
- Xyris sanguinea
- Xyris savanensis
- Xyris scabrifolia
- Xyris serotina
- Xyris smalliana
- Xyris spathifolia
- Xyris stenotera
- Xyris straminea
- Xyris stricta
- Xyris subsetigera
- Xyris subulata
- Xyris surinamensis
- Xyris tasmanica
- Xyris tennesseensis
- Xyris torta
- Xyris trachyphylla
- Xyris ustulata
- Xyris valida
- Xyris wallichii
- Xyris witsenioides