§1 Plant
Xyris torta Sm.
vernacular slender yelloweyed grass — species · Xyridaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Xyridaceae C. Agardh
- Genus
- Xyris
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 297 counties across 27 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 297 counties across 27 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Graham 37075
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Jackson 37099
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Onslow 37133
- Polk 37149
- Rowan 37159
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Vance 37181
- Yadkin 37197
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Cannon 47015
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hardin 47071
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Moore 47127
- Morgan 47129
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Sequatchie 47153
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
Texas view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Brunswick 51025
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greensville 51081
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Middlesex 51119
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Nottoway 51135
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/XYTO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2692945 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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