Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Xyris gracilis

Common name

Slender Yellow-eye

Family

Xyridaceae

Where found

Moist or swampy areas, often in heath. Coast, ranges, and occasionally tablelands, north from Ulladulla and south of Eden and Bombala.

Notes

Perennial herb. Flower stalks to 0.66 m long, flattened cylindrical. Leaves clustered at the base of the plant, 5–29 cm long, 1–4 mm wide, flat, surfaces smooth; leaf margins pale and warty; sheathing base 2–6 cm long, golden brown or reddish brown or black, not shiny. Flowers yellow, with 3 petals each 5–9 mm long. Flower buds contained within tight oval to oval brownish heads 5–10 mm long, 2.3–8 mm in diameter. Flowers opening one at a time from within the flower cluster, rarely 2 flowers open at the same time. Flowers Dec.–Jan.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Xyris~gracilis (accessed 12 February, 2021)