Family: Xyridaceae
Plant: A tufted herb up to 60cm high.
Flowers: Yellow, 2cm diameter with 3 broad spreading lobes and large, dark brown bracts below. Heads of flowers are borne at top of stems up to 30cm long.
Flowering: November-January.
Fruit: Capsule 3-4mm long.
Leaves: Basal, linear, strap-like, up to 30cm long and 2-4mm wide.
Habitat: In damp areas in heathland.
Features: Yellow flowers with 3 broad spreading lobes. Long, basal, tufted, strap-like leaves.
Name:
Xyris From Greek = cutting knife or shears (referring to its sword-shaped leaves).
bracteata From Latin bractea = a thin plate and atus = like (referring to the bracts of its flowers).
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
3 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Basal |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Strap-like |
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Length |
Medium, Long |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Heathland |
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