Family: Xyridaceae
Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Family Parent: Poales Status: Valid
Common Names:
- Xyridaceae - English, United States of America
Vegetative Morphology
Habit: Terrestrial or aquatic herbs.
Leaves: Leaves linear, usually cauline and laterally compressed at base, sometimes with purple mottling from base to apex.
Reproductive Morphology
Fruit: Fruit a loculicidal capsule.
Infructescence: Infructescence terminal.
Seeds: Seeds many per fruit.