Xyris ambigua
Morning yellow-eyed-grass
Morning yellow-eyed-grass is a
yellow-eyed-grass. stems tufted, to 3 ft. tall, many ridges near base, 2-edged
near tip, base hard and fibrous; leaf blades basal, spreading, broadly linear, to
16 in. long, to 3/4 in. wide, more or less pointed; sheaths 4-14 in. long;
inflorescences cone-like, green to brown, to more than 1 in. long, many tight
bracts; flowers 3-petalled, petals yellow and rounded, unfolding in morning;
seeds tiny, shiny
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