Scientific Name
Hypoxis hirsuta
Common Name
Yellow star-grass
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
3 to 7 inches
Flower/fruit:
Loose cluster of one to three flower buds; yellow, star-like flowers with six pointed petals; hairy stem
Flowering Season:
Spring
Foliage:
4 to 12 inch hairy, narrow grasslike leaves
Site:
Open woodlands, meadows (moist or dry)
Comments:
Grows from a hard corm
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