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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypoxis hirsuta
FAMILY
Hypoxidaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Hypoxis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypoxis hirsuta
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypoxis hirsuta
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-07-001a:
Hypoxis hirsuta var. hirsuta FAMILY Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypoxis hirsuta
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Stargrass, Hairy Yellow Stargrass, Common Stargrass, Upland Stargrass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyhi2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hyhi2_010_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm150424_736
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm150424_736b
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Tepals 6, spreading; anthers 6, spreading, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm160421_325
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm200418_3910
April Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_hypoxis_hirsuta_0569
April Henderson County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
The only species of Yellow Stargrass in the mountains and piedmont of SC, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm220503_7492
May Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220525_8045
May Greenville County SC
Seeds black, lustrous, coarsely muricate, per Flora of North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_hypoxis_hirsuta_3
May
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JK Marlow jkm200613_5834
June Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm220607_8349
June Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220607_8351
June Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Inflorescences umbellate, 1-5(-7)-flowered, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm220607_8354
June Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Pedicel usually 2+ times longer than bracts, per Flora of North America.
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Tim Spira tpshhirsuta
Month Unknown
Leaves grasslike; blade linear to setaceous. Scape usually shorter than leaves, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypoxis hirsuta
FAMILY
Hypoxidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypoxis hirsuta
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hypoxis hirsuta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-07-001a:
Hypoxis hirsuta var. hirsuta
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypoxis hirsuta
732
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: In a wide variety of dry to moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple - grasslike
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
6 tepals
6 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p140
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p052
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p163
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p192
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p336
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p272
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p172
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p041
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p382
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p381
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p437
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p018
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p136
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