Xyris montana

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
Scientific 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]

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 (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew via The Plant List.
  3. "Xyris montana". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. 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. 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.
  6. Ries, Heinrich 1892. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 19(2): 38
  7. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources


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