- Source: Xyris elliottii
Xyris elliottii, common name Elliott's yelloweyed grass, is a North American species of flowering plant in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It is native to the coastal plain of the United States from Mississippi to South Carolina plus southern Mexico (Tabasco), Central America (Belize, Nicaragua) and the West Indies (Cuba, Puerto Rico).
Xyris elliottii is a perennial herb up to 25 cm (10 inches) tall with grass-like, olive-green leaves up to 40 cm (4 inches) long, and yellow flowers.
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Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in British Honduras (Belize) in 1970
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Xyris elliottii
- Xyris
- List of least concern plants
- List of near threatened plants
- List of Australian plant species authored by Ferdinand von Mueller
- List of endemic and threatened plants of India
