Xyris bracteata, is a yellow-eye which grows in dry or wet heath, or in open eucalyptus woodland with a heath understorey. Only found in eastern New South Wales, Australia. A robust erect herb, growing up to 60 cm high. This is one of the many plants first published by Robert Brown with the type known as "(J.) v.v." Appearing in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen in 1810.[1][2] The specific epithet bracteata is derived from Latin, meaning having bracts.[3]

Xyris bracteata
Dharawal National Park Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Xyridaceae
Genus:	Xyris
Species:	X. bracteata
Binomial name
Xyris bracteata R.Br.
Synonyms
Xyris gracilis subsp. laxa O.D.Evans Xyris operculata var. bracteata (R.Br.) Benth.

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