Xyridaceae
Richard's yelloweyed grass
Xyris jupicai
- Family
- Xyridaceae
- Genus
- Xyris
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Richard's yelloweyed grass, Yellow-eyed grass
Synonyms
- Xyris acuminata Miq. ex Steud.
- Xyris anceps Pers.
- Xyris arenicola Miq.
- Xyris communis Kunth
- Xyris guianensis Klotzsch
- Xyris gymnoptera Griseb.
- Xyris jupicae Michx.
- Xyris jupicai var. brachylepis Malme
- Xyris jupicai var. humilis (Kunth) Malme
- Xyris laxifolia var. minor Mart.
- Xyris laxifolia var. sellowiana (Kunth) Seub.
- Xyris macrocephala Vahl
- Xyris macrocephala f. minor (Mart.) Malme
- Xyris macrocephala f. minor (Mart.) M.Kuhlm. & Kuhn
- Xyris macrocephala var. minor (Mart.) L.A.Nilsson
- Xyris partita Chapm. ex Ries
- Xyris sellowiana Kunth
- Xyris sellowiana f. humilis Kunth
- Xyris surinamensis Miq.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.