View source for Xyris difformis var. curtissii

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Xyris difformis var. curtissii
|accepted_authority=(Malme) Kral
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sida
|place=2: 255. 1966
|year=1966
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Xyris curtissii
|authority=Fernald
|rank=species
|publication_title=Ark. Bot.
|publication_place=13(8): 24. 1913
}} {{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Xyris neglecta
|authority=Chapman
|rank=species
|publication_title=
|publication_place=1894,
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Xyris bayardii
|authority=Small
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Xyris serotina var. curtissii
|authority=(Malme) Kral
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Xyridaceae;Xyris;Xyris difformis;Xyris difformis var. curtissii
|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 difformis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Xyris difformis var. curtissii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 22
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> 15–20 cm. <b>Leaves</b> spreading-ascending in broad fans, mostly under 10 cm; sheaths reddish or purplish, rugulose-papillate; blade dull green, linear–sword-shaped, 1–4 mm wide, often papillate, margins somewhat scabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b>: scape sheath base rich rich, deep red-brown, lustrous; scapes linear-filiform, angulately terete, not much widened distally, several-ribbed, ribs equally prominent, somewhat scabrous; spikes mostly 5 mm or less. <b>Seeds</b> translucent. <b>2n</b> = 18.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Moist to wet sands or sandy peats of bog slicks, sphagnous areas, pine savanna, pond shores, and acid seeps
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.;Central America (Belize).
|discussion=<p><i>Xyris difformis </i>var.<i> curtissii</i> remains distinct even when mixed with the other two varieties, a common event in the southern Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains.</p>
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name=Xyris difformis var. curtissii
|authority=(Malme) Kral
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Xyris bayardii;Xyris serotina var. curtissii
|basionyms=Xyris curtissii;Xyris neglecta
|family=Xyridaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer–fall.
|habitat=Moist to wet sands or sandy peats of bog slicks, sphagnous areas, pine savanna, pond shores, and acid seeps
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.;Central America (Belize).
|reference=None
|publication title=Sida
|publication year=1966
|special status=
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V22/V22_255.xml
|genus=Xyris
|species=Xyris difformis
|variety=Xyris difformis var. curtissii
}}<!--

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