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Xyris platylepis

Xyris platylepis Chapm.

Tall Yelloweyed Grass, Broad-scale Yellow-eyed Grass

Xyridaceae (Yellow-eyed Grass Family)

Synonym(s):

USDA Symbol: XYPL

USDA Native Status: L48 (N), HI (I)

Broad-scale Yellow-eyed Grass is a member of the yellow-eyed grass family (family Xyridaceae). Yellow-eyed grasses are herbs with grass-like basal leaves and erect, leafless stalks bearing flowers in axils of leathery bracts which form globose or cylindric heads.