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Yellow-eyed Grasses
Xyris
Xyris, the yelloweyed grasses, is a genus of flowering plants in the yellow-eyed-grass family. The genus counts over two hundred fifty species, widespread over much of the world, with the center of distribution in the Guianas.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Carolina Yellow-eyed Grass
speciesXyris caroliniana
Coastalplain Yellow-eyed Grass
speciesXyris ambigua
Bog Yellow-eyed Grass
speciesXyris difformis
Richard's Yellow-eyed Grass
speciesXyris jupicai
Elliott's Yelloweyed Grass
speciesXyris elliottii
twisted yellow-eyed grass
speciesXyris torta
Tall Yellow-eyed Grass
speciesXyris platylepis
hatpins
speciesXyris complanata
Laxleaf Yellow-eyed Grass
speciesXyris laxifolia
Fringed Yellow-eyed Grass
speciesXyris fimbriata
shortleaf yellow-eyed grass
speciesXyris brevifolia
Small's yellow-eyed grass
speciesXyris smalliana
Tall Yellow-Eyed Grass
speciesXyris operculata
northern yellow-eyed grass
speciesXyris montana
Xyris capensis
speciesXyris capensis
grassleaf yellow-eyed grass
speciesXyris baldwiniana
Xyris juncea
speciesXyris juncea
Savannah Yellow-eyed Grass
speciesXyris flabelliformis
Narrowleaf Yellow-eyed Grass
speciesXyris stenotera
slender yellow-eye
speciesXyris gracilis
Yellow Flag
speciesXyris ustulata
Xyris formosana
speciesXyris formosana
Curtiss's yellow-eyed grass
speciesXyris curtissii
Tennessee yellow-eyed grass
speciesXyris tennesseensis
Xyris pauciflora
speciesXyris pauciflora
roughleaf yellow-eyed grass
speciesXyris scabrifolia
Pineland Yellow-eyed Grass
speciesXyris stricta
Xyris fallax
speciesXyris fallax
Xyris lanata
speciesXyris lanata
Chapman's yellow-eyed grass
speciesXyris chapmanii
Xyris paraensis
speciesXyris paraensis
Florida Yellow-eyed Grass
speciesXyris floridana
Xyris indica
speciesXyris indica
Kral's Yellow-eyed Grass
speciesXyris longisepala
Drummond's yellow-eyed grass
speciesXyris drummondii
Louisiana Yellow-eyed Grass
speciesXyris louisianica
Xyris marginata
speciesXyris marginata
Xyris bracteata
speciesXyris bracteata
Acidswamp Yellow-eyed Grass
speciesXyris serotina
Xyris involucrata
speciesXyris involucrata
Xyris anceps
speciesXyris anceps
limestone yellow-eyed grass
speciesXyris calcicola
Xyris paradisiaca
speciesXyris paradisiaca
Xyris neocaledonica
speciesXyris neocaledonica
Xyris surinamensis
speciesXyris surinamensis
Xyris muelleri
speciesXyris muelleri
Xyris subulata
speciesXyris subulata
Xyris savanensis
speciesXyris savanensis
Xyris gerrardii
speciesXyris gerrardii
Xyris rubella
speciesXyris rubella
Xyris pancheri
speciesXyris pancheri
Xyris malmeana
speciesXyris malmeana
Correll's Yellow-eyed Grass
speciesXyris correlliorum
Xyris desquamata
speciesXyris desquamata
Xyris congensis
speciesXyris congensis
Xyris tasmanica
speciesXyris tasmanica
Xyris natalensis
speciesXyris natalensis
Quillwort Yellow-eyed Grass
speciesXyris isoetifolia
Xyris oligantha
speciesXyris oligantha
Xyris straminea
speciesXyris straminea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.524
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.532
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.658
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.603
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1163
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 126618.