Scientific Name
Xyris torta

Common Name
Yellow-eyed grass
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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