OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypoxis juncea   FAMILY Hypoxidaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypoxis juncea   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Hypoxis juncea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-07-003:

Hypoxis juncea   FAMILY Amaryllidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hypoxis juncea

 

COMMON NAME:
Fringed Stargrass


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image of Hypoxis juncea, Fringed Stargrass

Keith Bradley    kab_hypoxis_juncea_74219

May    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

Tepals spreading, usually shorter than pedicel, per Flora of North America.

image of Hypoxis juncea, Fringed Stargrass

Keith Bradley    kab_hypoxis_juncea_74233

May    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

Lvs <1mm wide, hard, stiff, nearly glabrous or w scattered trichomes near base, per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypoxis juncea   FAMILY Hypoxidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypoxis juncea   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypoxis juncea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-07-003:
Hypoxis juncea   FAMILY Amaryllidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypoxis juncea

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3974

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in GA, uncommon in SC, rare in NC

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LEAVES:
Simple - grasslike

FLOWER:
Winter/SpringFall
Yellow
6 tepals
6 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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