{{Short description|Species of yelloweyed grass}} {{speciesbox |image = Xyris indica.JPG |image_caption = 1894 drawing<ref>illustration of ''Xyris indica'' (syn of ''X. caroliniana).'' Imagen procedente de "Histoire des plantes. Monographie des Taccacées, Burmanniacées, Hydrocharidacées, Commelinacées, Xyridacées, Mayacacées, Phylidracées" de Henri-Ernest Baillon publicado en 1894</ref> |status = |status_system = |genus = Xyris |species = caroliniana |authority = Walter 1788 |synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-272546 The Plant List, ''Xyris brevifolia'' Michx. ]</ref> |synonyms = {{collapsible list|bullets = true |''Kotsjiletti flexuosa'' <small>(Muhl. ex Elliott) Nieuwl.</small> |''Ramotha floridana'' <small>Raf.</small> |''Xyris arenicola'' <small>Small 1903 not Miq. 1844</small> |''Xyris canadensis'' <small>Schnizl.</small> |''Xyris caroliniana'' var. ''brevifolia'' (Michx.) Alph.Wood |''Xyris caroliniana'' f. ''flaccida'' <small>Fernald</small> |''Xyris caroliniana'' f. ''phyllolepis'' <small>Fernald</small> |''Xyris caroliniana'' var. ''scabra'' <small>Engelm. & A.Gray</small> |''Xyris conocephala'' <small>C.Wright</small> |''Xyris conocephala'' var. pallescens <small>(C.Mohr) Malme</small> |''Xyris fimbriata'' <small>Beyr. ex Kunth 1843 not Elliott 1816</small> |''Xyris flexuosa'' <small>Muhl. ex Elliott</small> |''Xyris flexuosa'' var. ''pallescens'' <small>(Small) Barnhart</small> |''Xyris glabra'' <small>Engelm. ex Ries</small> |''Xyris graminifolia'' <small>Chapm. ex Ries</small> |''Xyris indica'' <small>Pursh</small> |''Xyris pallescens'' <small>Small</small> |''Xyris scabra'' <small>Engelm.</small> |''Xyris torta'' var. ''pallescens'' <small>C.Mohr</small> }} }}
'''''Xyris caroliniana''''', the '''Carolina yelloweyed grass''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=XYCA|taxon=Xyris caroliniana|access-date=16 September 2015}}</ref> is a North American species of flowering plant in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It is native to Cuba and to the coastal plain of the southern and eastern United States from eastern Texas to New Jersey.<ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Xyris%20caroliniana.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]</ref><ref name=tammy/>
''Xyris caroliniana'' is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall with narrow leaves up to 50 cm (20 inches) long, and yellow flowers.<ref name=tammy>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=222000461 Flora of North America, ''Xyris caroliniana'' Walter, 1788. ]</ref>
Within the United States' Florida and Georgia, this species has been observed in habitat such as mesic sandy meadows, wiregrass-longleaf pinewoods, and slash pine woodlands.<ref>Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: July 2015. Collectors: Karen MacClendon, B. Boothe, Loran C. Anderson, Robert Kral, Loran C. Anderson, James R. Burkhalter, F. R. Hedges, W. P. Adams, Allen G. Shuey, Cecil R Slaughter, P. L. Redfearn, J. P. Gillespie, D. L. Fichtner, Sidney McDaniel, R. F. Throne, R. A. Davidson, William Reese, Bian Tan, Steve L. Orzell, Edwin L. Bridges, N. C. Henderson, Bruce Hansen, JoAnn Hansen, George R. Cooley, R. J. Eaton, Olga Lakela, M. Davis, R. A. Norris, Annie Schmidt. States and Counties: Florida: Alachua, Bay, Brevard, Calhoun, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, DeSoto, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hernando, Indian River, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Martin, Okaloosa, Orange, Pasco, Santa Rosa, Seminole, St. Lucie, Sumter, Volusia, Wakulla, Walton, Washington. Georgia: Thomas.</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100398516 Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Florida in 1981]
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caroliniana Category:Plants described in 1788 Category:Flora of the United States Category:Flora of Cuba
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