Xyris caroliniana
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Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Xyris caroliniana |
| Common name: | Carolina yelloweyed grass |
| Group: | monocot |
| Family: | Xyridaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 12-44" |
| Foliage: | basal rosette, smooth and wiry, leaves twisted, base brown |
| Flowers: | yellow, 3/4" across, keel fringed below, usually opens in afternoon |
| Flowering time: | July to September |
| Habitat: | wet sandy, peaty soils pond margins; ditches, sphagnum mats; more tolerant of shade than X. torta |
| Range in New Jersey: | scattered statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | S1 |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | The name Xyris caroliniana was at one time misapplied to X. difformis. |