Xyris torta

Xyris torta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Xyridaceae
Genus:	Xyris
Species:	X. torta
Binomial name
	Xyris torta; Sm. 1819 not Kunth 1843
Synonyms
	show List

Xyris torta, the slender yelloweyed grass,^[2] is a North American species of flowering plants in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It is widespread in the central and eastern United States from New Hampshire to Georgia, west as far as Minnesota, Nebraska, and eastern Texas.^[3]^[4]

Xyris torta is a perennial herb with a stem up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall with long, narrow twisted leaves up to 50 cm (20 inches) long but generally less than 5 mm (0.2 inches) wide.^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ The Plant List, Xyris torta Sm.
^ "Xyris torta". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Flora of North America, Xyris torta Smith 1819.
^ Rees, Abraham 1819. The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature, volume 39, unnumbered page with Xyris no. 11

External links[]

Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri in 1993
Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society
Delaware Wildflowers
Alabama Plant Atlas^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] The Plant List, Xyris torta Sm.

[2] "Xyris torta". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 September 2015.

[3] Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

[tammy-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Flora of North America, Xyris torta Smith 1819.

[5] Rees, Abraham 1819. The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature, volume 39, unnumbered page with Xyris no. 11

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