Xyris witsenioides Oliv.

HH
2 Pi
PLANTS OF VENEZUELA
Collected for the Herbario National de Venezuela
and the University of Michigan Herbarium
by William R. Anderson and Otto Huber
Xyris witsenioides Oliver
det. O. Huber, 1996
Xyridaceae
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BOTANICAL
Garde**,
Bolívar: Altiplanicie of Auyan-tepui, SW sector, 5°48.02'N,
62°33.82'W, ca 1850 m; along small river, headwaters of the Rio
Churnn; high tepui scrub and low tepui forest along river and
among sandstone outcrops.
Growing in dense clumps on wet sandy soil at edge of river; petals
dark yellow; common.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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W. R. Anderson, No. 13860
23-25 April 1996
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