Hypoxis hirsuta

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

Hypoxis hirsuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Hypoxidaceae
Genus: Hypoxis
Species:
H. hirsuta
Binomial name
Hypoxis hirsuta
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.

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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