OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 4 taxa in the family Hypoxidaceae, Stargrass family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Yellow Stargrass, Hairy Yellow Stargrass, Common Stargrass, Upland Stargrass

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypoxis hirsuta   FAMILY: Hypoxidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Hypoxis hirsuta   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypoxis hirsuta var. hirsuta 044-07-001a   FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae

 

Habitat: In a wide variety of dry to moist forests

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Swamp Stargrass, Curtiss’s Stargrass

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hypoxis curtissii   FAMILY: Hypoxidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypoxis curtissii   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypoxis hirsuta var. leptocarpa 044-07-001b   FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae

 

Habitat: Swamp forests, alluvial forests, water courses, hydric hammocks

Common in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Bristleseed Stargrass, Pineland Stargrass

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypoxis wrightii   FAMILY: Hypoxidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypoxis wrightii   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypoxis micrantha 044-07-002   FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas

Common in Coastal Plain

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Fringed Stargrass

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypoxis juncea   FAMILY: Hypoxidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypoxis juncea   FAMILY: Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypoxis juncea 044-07-003   FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas

Common in GA, uncommon in SC, rare in NC

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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