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Coastal plain yelloweyed grass
Scientific classification
Genus:
Xyris
Species:
ambigua
Synonyms
  • Xyris rhombipetala C.Wright

Xyris ambigua, the coastal plain yelloweyed grass, is a North American species of flowering plant in the yellow-eyed-grass family. It is native to southern and eastern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Chiapas, the Yucatán), Central America (Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua), Cuba, and the southeastern and south-central United States (from Texas to Virginia inland to Tennessee and Arkansas).

Xyris ambigua is a perennial herb up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall with grass-like leaves and yellow flowers.

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