Hypoxis hirsuta

Hypoxis hirsuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Hypoxidaceae
Genus: Hypoxis
Species: H. hirsuta
Binomial name
Hypoxis hirsuta
(L.) Coville
Synonyms
  • Hypoxis carolinensis Michx.
  • Hypoxis decumbens L.
  • Hypoxis erecta L.
  • Hypoxis graminea Pursh
  • Hypoxis grandis Pollard
  • Hypoxis micrantha Pollard
  • Hypoxis pallida Salisb.
  • Hypoxis villosa Raf.
  • Ornithogalum hirsutum L.

Hypoxis hirsuta (common goldstar, common star-grass, eastern yellow stargrass, yellow star grass) is an ornamental plant in the Hypoxidaceae family. Sometimes this plant is placed in the Amaryllidaceae family or the Liliaceae family. The species is native to the United States, Canada, and the State of Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Blanchan, Neltje (2005). Wild Flowers Worth Knowing. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
  3. ↑ Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1996). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(6): 1-116. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F..
  4. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map


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