Xyris torta, the slender yelloweyed grass, is a North American species of flowering plant in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It is widespread in the central and eastern United States from New Hampshire to Georgia, west as far as Minnesota, Nebraska, and eastern Texas.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Xyris torta is a perennial herb with a stem up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall with long, narrow twisted leaves up to 50 cm (20 inches) long but generally less than 5 mm (0.2 inches) wide.Flora of North America, Xyris torta Smith 1819. Rees, Abraham 1819. The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature, volume 39, unnumbered page with Xyris no. 11
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External links Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Missouri in 1993 Go Botany, New England Wildflower Society Delaware Wildflowers Alabama Plant Atlas