Xyris lacera, is a yellow-eye found in the southern parts of Western Australia, in swampy areas. It is a tufted perennial herb, growing from 0.2 to 1.5 metres tall.[1] This is one of the many plants first published by Robert Brown, appearing in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen in 1810.[2][3]
Xyris lacera | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Xyridaceae |
Genus: | Xyris |
Species: | X. lacera
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Binomial name | |
Xyris lacera |
References
edit- ^ Australian Academy of Science; CSIRO (Australia) (1997). Australian Systematic Botany. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation with the cooperation of the Australian Academy of Science. p. 239. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "Xyris lacera". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ Paczkowska, Grazyna. "Xyris lacera". FloraBase – West Australian Flora Online. Retrieved 22 April 2019.