Xyris smalliana, Small's yelloweyed grass, is a North American species of flowering plants in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It grows on the coastal plain of the eastern and southern United States from Maine to Texas, as well as in Cuba, Central America, and the State of Tabasco in southern Mexico.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution mapKral, R. 1994. 259. Xyridaceae. 6: 174–177. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
Xyris smalliana is a perennial herb with a stem up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall with long, narrow leaves up to 20 cm (8 inches) long.Flora of North America, Xyris serotina Chapman 1860Nash, George Valentine 1895. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 22(4): 159–160
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Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Nicaragua in 1983