Xyris baldwinianaSchult.

Baldwin's yelloweyed grass

WFO wfo-0000609049 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Xyris baldwiniana, photographed by Reid Hardin
fig. a Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-30 / obs. 194522552
Xyris baldwiniana, photographed by Lauren McLaurin
fig. b Lauren McLaurin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 130557068
Xyris baldwiniana, photographed by Jessica
fig. c Jessica, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76576293
Xyris baldwiniana, photographed by Jessica
fig. d Jessica, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 74835153
Xyris baldwiniana, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. e Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 41688976
Xyris baldwiniana, photographed by Lauren McLaurin
fig. f Lauren McLaurin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 39928590
Xyris baldwiniana, photographed by Lauren McLaurin
fig. g Lauren McLaurin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 17369699
Xyris baldwiniana, photographed by Jessica
fig. h Jessica, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75579048

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Xyris baldwiniana is native: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mexico Southeast, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Belize, Cuba, Honduras, Nicaragua AlabamaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaLouisianaMexico SoutheastMississippiNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaTexasBelizeCubaHondurasNicaragua
Native distribution of Xyris baldwiniana, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Arkansas ARK
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Louisiana LOU
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mississippi MSI
North Carolina NCA
South Carolina SCA
Texas TEX
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Cuba CUB
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 8 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Xuris fistulosa Raf.
  • Xyris baldwiniana var. baldwiniana
  • Xyris baldwiniana var. tenuifolia (Chapm.) Malme
  • Xyris fistulosa Raf.
  • Xyris juncea Baldwin ex Elliott
  • Xyris setacea Chapm.
  • Xyris stenophylla Chapm. ex Ries
  • Xyris tenuifolia Chapm.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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