Xyris platylepis, the tall yelloweyed grass, is a North American species of flowering plants in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It grows on the coastal plain of the southeastern and south-central United States from eastern Texas to Virginia.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Xyris platylepis is a perennial herb up to 10 cm (4 inches) tall with long, narrow leaves up to 50 cm (20 inches) long.Flora of North America, Xyris platylepis Chapman 1860Chapman, Alvan Wentworth 1860. Flora of the southern United States 501 It can be found growing in habitat types such as sandhill seeps, savannahs, and other.Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
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External links Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden collected in Alabama in 1981