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§1 Plant
Xyris ambigua Bey. ex Kunth
vernacular coastal plain yelloweyed grass — species · Xyridaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Xyridaceae C. Agardh
- Genus
- Xyris
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 207 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 207 counties across 10 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Martin 12085
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Ben Hill 13017
- Berrien 13019
- Brantley 13025
- Bulloch 13031
- Calhoun 13037
- Camden 13039
- Charlton 13049
- Clinch 13065
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dodge 13091
- Douglas 13097
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Johnson 13167
- Lee 13177
- Long 13183
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Miller 13201
- Pierce 13229
- Richmond 13245
- Seminole 13253
- Taylor 13269
- Telfair 13271
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Turner 13287
- Ware 13299
- Worth 13321
Louisiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 12 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Duplin 37061
- Franklin 37069
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Martin 37117
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
South Carolina view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 18 N ▾
- Augusta 51015
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Greensville 51081
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- Northampton 51131
- Prince George 51149
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/XYAM ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2692954 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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