Xyris ambigua

Xyris ambigua, the coastal plain yelloweyed grass,[2] is a North American species of flowering plant in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It is native to southern and eastern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Chiapas, the Yucatán), Central America (Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua), Cuba, and the southeastern and south-central United States (from Texas to Virginia inland to Tennessee and Arkansas).[3][4][5][6]

Xyris ambigua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Xyridaceae
Genus: Xyris
Species:
X. ambigua
Binomial name
Xyris ambigua
Beyr. ex Kunth 1843
Synonyms[1]
  • Xyris rhombipetala C.Wright

Xyris ambigua is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall with grass-like leaves and yellow flowers.[7]

References
  1. The Plant List, Xyris ambigua Beyr. ex Kunth
  2. "Xyris ambigua". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Balick, M. J., M. H. Nee & D.E. Atha. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 85: i–ix, 1–246
  5. Kral, R. 2001. Xyridaceae. En: Stevens, W.D., C. Ulloa, A. Pool & O.M. Montiel (eds.). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85(3): 2544–2549
  6. Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326
  7. Flora of North America, Xyris ambigua Beyrich ex Kunth, 1843.


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