Xyris montana
Xyris montana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Xyridaceae |
Genus: | Xyris |
Species: | X. montana
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Binomial name | |
Xyris montana Ries 1892
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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[]
- ^ "Xyris montana". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden.
- ^ "Xyris montana". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
- ^ "Xyris montana". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ "Xyris montana". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Kral, Robert (2000). "Xyris montana". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 22. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ Ries, Heinrich 1892. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 19(2): 38
- ^ Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
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Categories:
- Xyris
- Plants described in 1868
- Flora of Canada
- Flora of the Northern United States
- Poales stubs