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|accepted_name=Xyris torta
|accepted_authority=Smith in A. Rees
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|title=in A. Rees,The Cyclopaedia
|place=39: Xyris no. 11. 1819
|year=1819
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Kotsjelottia flexuosa
|authority=Nieuwland
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|name=Xyris bulbosa
|authority=Kunth
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|hierarchy=Xyridaceae;Xyris;Xyris torta
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Xyridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Xyris]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Xyris torta]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, cespitose or solitary, 15–80(–100) cm, base abruptly bulbous. <b>Stems</b> compact. <b>Leaves</b> ascending to erect, 20–50 cm; sheath base often reddened or pink; blade green, elongate-linear, twisted, 2–5 mm wide, smooth to papillate, with strongly raised veins, margins smooth or papillate. <b>Inflorescences</b>: scape sheaths exceeded by leaves; scapes linear, flexuous, 1–1.5(–2) mm wide, distally 5–6-ribbed, ribs smooth or papillate; spikes globose to ovoid, ellipsoid, lanceoloid, or cylindric, 8–25 mm, apex acute or blunt; fertile bracts 5–7 mm, margins entire except for red fimbriololation at rounded apex. <b>Flowers</b>: lateral sepals included, strongly curved, 4.5–5.5 mm; keel firm, ciliate except for red-fimbriloolate tip; petals unfolding in morning, blade obovate, 4 mm; staminodes bearded. <b>Seeds</b> translucent, ellipsoid, 0.5 mm, strongly ridged longitudinally with finer cross-lines. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–fall.
|habitat=Sphagnous bogs, streambanks, pond shores, wet sandy swales, moist disturbed sites, various physiographic provinces
|elevation=100–1200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p>Although I have seen no records from Maine, <i>Xyris torta</i> is to be expected there.</p><!--
--><p><i>Xyris torta</i> is the widest-ranging of all North American xyrids and the most expressive ecologically; thus it is not surprising that it varies so much morphologically. It is much ofthen confused in older nomenclature literature with <i>X. caroliniana</i>. <i>Xyris torta</i> is the type species for the genus.</p>
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name=Xyris torta
|author=
|authority=Smith in A. Rees
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Kotsjelottia flexuosa;Xyris bulbosa
|basionyms=
|family=Xyridaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–fall.
|habitat=Sphagnous bogs, streambanks, pond shores, wet sandy swales, moist disturbed sites, various physiographic provinces
|elevation=100–1200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. Rees,The Cyclopaedia
|publication year=1819
|special status=
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|genus=Xyris
|species=Xyris torta
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