Xyris caroliniana

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Family:XYRIDACEAE
Species:Xyris caroliniana Walter
Common Name:Carolina Yellow Eyed Grass
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:XYCA
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACW+ (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyXYRIDACEAE - Yellow-Eyed-Grass family
Genus Xyris
Species Xyris caroliniana Walter - Carolina Yellow Eyed Grass

Citation

Citation Xyris caroliniana Walter, Fl. Carol. 69. 1788.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data, Fraser s.n. (neotype: P-LAM). Neotypified by Kral, Sida 2: 236. 1966; D.B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 420. 2007.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Kotsjiletti flexuosa Kotsjiletti flexuosa Nieuwland, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 99. 1913, nom. illegit.Xyris flexuosa Muhlenberg ex Elliott 1816, nom. illegit.; Xyris caroliniana Walter 1788. 
Ramotha floridana Ramotha floridana Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 2: 15. 1837 ("1836"). FLORIDA
Xyris arenicola Xyris arenicola Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 234, 1328. 1903, non Miquel 1844. GEORGIA
Xyris conocephala Xyris conocephala C. Wright, in Sauvalle, Anales Acad. Ci. Med. Habana 7: 610. 1871. CUBA
Xyris conocephala var. pallescens Xyris conocephala C. Wright, var. pallescens (C. Mohr) Malme, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 64: 45. 1937.Xyris torta Smith, var. pallescens C. Mohr 1901. 
Xyris flexuosa var. pallescens Xyris flexuosa Muhlenberg ex Elliott, var. pallescens (C. Mohr) Barnhart ex Malme, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 19: 15. 1937.Xyris torta Smith, var. pallescens C. Mohr 1901. 
Xyris flexuosa Xyris flexuosa Muhlenberg ex Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 51. 1816, nom. illegit.Xyris caroliniana Walter 1788. 
Xyris pallescens Xyris pallescens (C. Mohr) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 234, 1328. 1903.Xyris torta Smith, var. pallescens C. Mohr 1901. 
Xyris torta var. pallescens Xyris torta Smith, var. pallescens C. Mohr, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 6: 428. 1901. FLORIDA: Escambia Co.: Santa Rosa Island, 4 Jul 1874, Mohr s.n. (holotype: US?).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Escambia, Etowah, Geneva, Houston, Lee, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Russell, Washington, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1876 - 1980

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
USAM000015616 Mobile 28 Jul 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3452		 USAM
Xyris caroliniana Walter
UWAL0052789 Baldwin 19 Jun 1997 Sorrie, B.A.
9317		 UWAL
Xyris caroliniana Walter
UNA00035955 Mobile 28 Aug 1951 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Xyris caroliniana Walt.
TROY000038116 Bullock 23 Aug 2013 Dykes, Bailee
1696		 TROY
Xyris caroliniana Walter
TROY000013123 Bullock 12 Aug 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13568		 TROY
Xyris caroliniana Walter
AMAL00010953 Geneva 12 Jul 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
566		 AMAL
Xyris caroliniana Walt.
SAMF0000523 Covington 18 Jun 2010 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4346		 SAMF
Xyris caroliniana Walter
AUA_ACC_46131 Conecuh 12 Jul 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
1197		 AUA
Xyris Caroliniana Walt.
JSU110751 Russell 27 Jun 1978 Kral, Robert
62195		 JSU
Xyris caroliniana Walter
UNA00035969 Washington 05 Aug 1980 Haynes, Robert R.
8111		 UNA
Xyris caroliniana Walt.
SAMF0007061 Escambia 01 Sep 2020 Davenport, Lawrence J.
6719		 SAMF
Xyris caroliniana Walter
JSU110750 Montgomery 22 Jun 1991 Kral, Robert
79036		 JSU
Xyris caroliniana Walter
TROY000040273 Baldwin 31 Oct 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1831		 TROY
Xyris caroliniana Walter
AUA_ACC_63154 Bibb 30 Aug 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10430		 AUA
Xyris Caroliniana Walt.
UWAL0030834 Mobile 18 Aug 1987 Kral, Robert
74381		 UWAL
Xyris caroliniana Walter
UNA00067254 Covington 30 Jun 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17754		 UNA
Xyris caroliniana Walt.
JSU110742 Baldwin 10 Aug 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
4285		 JSU
Xyris caroliniana Walter
UWAL0043898 Baldwin 26 Jun 2000 Larsen, Harry S.
380		 UWAL
Xyris caroliniana Walter
UNA00035949 Pike 29 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39863		 UNA
Xyris caroliniana Walt.
AUA_ACC_71272 Covington 17 Jun 1993 Oberholster, Suzanne
451		 AUA
Xyris Caroliniana Walt.
UWAL0005145 Baldwin 28 Aug 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12372		 UWAL
Xyris caroliniana Walter
UNA00035954 Mobile 16 Aug 1876 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Xyris caroliniana Walt.
TROY000013125 Coffee 01 Sep 1999 Martin, Brian H.
168		 TROY
Xyris caroliniana Walter
AUA_ACC_46719 Conecuh 21 Aug 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3527		 AUA
Xyris Caroliniana Walt.
UWAL0014047 Bullock 23 Aug 2013 Dykes, Bailee
1696		 UWAL
Xyris caroliniana Walter
UWAL0018651 Baldwin 28 Jul 1990 Kral, Robert
78191		 UWAL
Xyris caroliniana Walter
AUA_ACC_59835 Baldwin 19 Jun 1997 Sorrie, Bruce A.
9317		 AUA
Xyris Caroliniana Walt.
UWAL0011940 Conecuh 28 Jun 2011 Keener, Brian R.
6564		 UWAL
Xyris caroliniana Walter
JSU110741 Baldwin 4 Aug 1996 Kral, Robert
86390		 JSU
Xyris caroliniana Walter
AUA_ACC_52606 Pike 18 Sep 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6394		 AUA
Xyris Caroliniana Walt.
USAM000015615 Baldwin 27 Sep 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8740		 USAM
Xyris caroliniana Walter
JSU110744 Covington 26 Jun 1991 Kral, Robert
79143		 JSU
Xyris caroliniana Walter
JSU110747 Houston 22 Jun 1984 Whetstone, R. David
14212		 JSU
Xyris caroliniana Walter
UNA00059648 Baldwin 10 Nov 2002 Zebryk, Tad M.
8038		 UNA
Xyris caroliniana Walt.
ALNHS00007857 Escambia 27 JUL 2022 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5915		 ALNHS
Xyris caroliniana Walt.
USAM000015614 Baldwin 22 Aug 1977 LeLong, Michel G.
10944		 USAM
Xyris caroliniana Walter
TROY000013124 Bullock 04 Sep 2003 Diamond, Alvin R.
14119		 TROY
Xyris caroliniana Walter
SAMF0000481 Baldwin 06 Aug 2010 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4448		 SAMF
Xyris caroliniana Walter
JSU110752 Russell 27 Jun 1978 Kral, Robert
62179		 JSU
Xyris caroliniana Walter
TROY000027975 Bibb 30 Aug 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10430		 TROY
Xyris caroliniana Walter
UWAL0052982 Escambia 01 Sep 2020 Davenport, L.J.
6719		 UWAL
Xyris caroliniana Walter
AMAL00007544 Baldwin 10 Nov 2002 Zebryk, Tad M.
8038		 AMAL
Xyris caroliniana Walt.
UNA00035964 Mobile 18 Jul 1967 Deramus, Rebecca
D1081		 UNA
Xyris caroliniana Walt.
UNA00035959 Mobile 28 Aug 1951 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Xyris caroliniana Walt.
TROY000033434 Barbour 27 Aug 2011 Morrison, Derek
38		 TROY
Xyris caroliniana Walter
AUA_ACC_52577 Crenshaw 8 Aug 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6235		 AUA
Xyris Caroliniana Walt.
AUA_ACC_13640 Lee 28 Jul 1967 Dent, D.M.
 AUA
Xyris Caroliniana Walt.
SAMF0000479 Mobile 06 Aug 2010 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4437		 SAMF
Xyris caroliniana Walter
AUA_ACC_51610 Butler 13 Aug 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6267		 AUA
Xyris Caroliniana Walt.
JSU110743 Baldwin 27 Jun 1991 Kral, Robert
79198		 JSU
Xyris caroliniana Walter
TROY000013127 Pike 06 Sep 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9362		 TROY
Xyris caroliniana Walter
UWAL0005140 Covington 05 Aug 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20850		 UWAL
Xyris caroliniana Walter
UNA00035965 Cullman 06 Aug 1896 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Xyris caroliniana Walt.
AMAL00012628 Baldwin 28 Aug 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12372		 AMAL
Xyris caroliniana Walt.
UWAL0030695 Covington 23 Jun 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26522		 UWAL
Xyris caroliniana Walter
UWAL0005141 Covington 20 Jun 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3350		 UWAL
Xyris caroliniana Walter
TROY000013176 Covington 30 Jun 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17754		 TROY
Xyris caroliniana Walter
AUA000032978 Covington 13 Sep 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4859		 AUA
Xyris Caroliniana Walt.
UWAL0012033 Baldwin 31 Oct 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1831		 UWAL
Xyris caroliniana Walter
JSU110753 Washington 13 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18706		 JSU
Xyris caroliniana Walter
AUA_ACC_67729 Covington 14 Aug 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3461		 AUA
Xyris Caroliniana Walt.
USAM000015617 Mobile 27 Sep 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4743.2		 USAM
Xyris caroliniana Walter
JSU110746 Geneva 24 Jun 1991 Kral, Robert
79105		 JSU
Xyris caroliniana Walter
JSU110748 Houston 22 Jun 1984 Whetstone, R. David
14193		 JSU
Xyris caroliniana Walter
JSU110745 Escambia 17 Jun 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
4156		 JSU
Xyris caroliniana Walter
ALNHS00003623 Baldwin 26 Aug 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2133		 ALNHS
Xyris caroliniana Walt.
SAMF0000480 Geneva 12 Jul 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
566		 SAMF
Xyris caroliniana Walter
UNA00035960 Baldwin 10 Aug 1949 Harper, Roland M.
4129		 UNA
Xyris caroliniana Walt.
UWAL0043993 Baldwin 10 Jun 2000 McArthur, Jill D.
629		 UWAL
Xyris caroliniana Walter
TROY000028121 Covington 23 Jul 2009 Diamond, Alvin R.
20820		 TROY
Xyris caroliniana Walter
UWAL0018019 Etowah 03 Aug 1989 Kral, Robert
76817		 UWAL
Xyris caroliniana Walter
AUA_ACC_72597 Baldwin 10 Oct 2007 Barger, T. Wayne
PERD-192		 AUA
Xyris Caroliniana Walt.
UNA00060356 Bibb 30 Aug 2003 Haynes, Robert R.
10430		 UNA
Xyris caroliniana Walt.
TROY000013126 Crenshaw 13 Sep 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15639		 TROY
Xyris caroliniana Walter
AMAL00007644 Barbour 19 Jun 1978 Kral, Robert
62060		 AMAL
Xyris caroliniana Walt.
TROY000013122 Baldwin 28 Aug 2005 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12372		 TROY
Xyris caroliniana Walter
AUA000037788 Covington 16 Aug 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
5215		 AUA
Xyris Caroliniana Walt.
AUA_ACC_62827 Wilcox 13 Jul 1958 Williams, Lovett E.
 AUA
Xyris Caroliniana Walt.
AMAL00013410 Covington 30 Jun 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17754		 AMAL
Xyris caroliniana Walt.
AUA000043552 Baldwin 21 Aug 1926 Wolf, Wolfgang
2541		 AUA
Xyris Caroliniana Walt.
JSU110749 Monroe 3 Aug 1996 Kral, Robert
86328		 JSU
Xyris caroliniana Walter
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