Xyris montana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Xyridaceae
Genus: Xyris
Species:
X. montana
Binomial name
Xyris montana
Ries 1892
Synonyms[1][2]
List
  • Xyris flexuosa var. pusilla A. Gray 1868 not Xyris pusilla R. Br. 1810
  • Xyris montana f. albiflora B.Boivin
  • Xyris montana f. bracteosa Haberer
  • Xyris papillosa Fassett
  • Xyris papillosa var. exserta Fassett

Xyris montana, the northern yelloweyed grass,[3] is a North American species of flowering plants in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It grows in eastern and central Canada (from Ontario to Newfoundland) and in the northeastern and north-central United States (from Minnesota to New England and New Jersey).[4][5]

Xyris montana is a perennial herb up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall with long, narrow leaves up to 15 cm (6 inches) long but less than 3 mm (0.12 inches) wide.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Xyris montana". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
  2. ↑ "Xyris montana". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  3. ↑ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Xyris montana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Xyris montana". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  5. 1 2 Kral, Robert (2000). "Xyris montana". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 22. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  6. ↑ Ries, Heinrich 1892. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 19(2): 38
  7. ↑ Minnesota Department of Natural Resources


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