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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Xyridaceae
Xyris montana Ries
bog yellow-eyed-grass, northern yellow-eyed-grass
Xyris: from a Greek name of a plant with 2-edged leaves, from xyron for "razor"
montana: of mountains
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, up to 1' tall forb |
| Flower: | yellow, 3-parted; inflorescence a few-flowered, cone-like spike which mature to less than 1/3"; blooms July-Sept |
| Leaf: | basal, mostly linear, 1 1/2" - 20", rough |
| Habitat: | wet; sphagnum bogs, tamarack swamps |
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