Xyris torta explained

Xyris torta, the slender yelloweyed grass, is a North American species of flowering plant 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.^[1]

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.^{[2] [3]}

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

Notes and References

1. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Xyris%20torta.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=222000484 Flora of North America, Xyris torta Smith 1819.
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119381#page/38/mode/1up Rees, Abraham 1819. The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature, volume 39, unnumbered page with Xyris no. 11