Scientific Name
Xyris torta
Common Name
Yellow-eyed grass
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
10 to 30 inches
Flower/fruit:
Yellow flowers produced from compact brown head on top of wiry leafless stems; few flowers open at any one time
Flowering Season:
Early summer
Foliage:
Narrow, often twisted leaves
Site:
Bogs, marshes, wet ditches
Comments:
Deeply rooted, chestnut-brown bulbs
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