Hypoxis juncea

Hypoxis juncea (commonly known as fringed yellow star-grass and rushy hypoxis) is a star-grass species with leaves that are so narrow as to be comparable to thread.[1] It is not a true grass, despite the common name. It is found in the United States on coastal plains from Florida + Alabama to North Carolina.[2][3][4] The species is a facultative wetland perennial forb.[5]

Fringed yellow star-grass
Hypoxis juncea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Hypoxidaceae
Genus: Hypoxis
Species:
H. juncea
Binomial name
Hypoxis juncea

References
  1. Blanche E. Dean; Amy Mason; Joab L. Thomas (1983). Wildflowers of Alabama and Adjoining States. University of Alabama Press. p. 28. ISBN 081730147X.
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Robert K. Godfrey; Jean W. Wooten (2011). Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States: Monocotyledons. 1. University of Georgia Press. p. 605. ISBN 0820342424.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  5. "Hypoxis juncea". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved April 23, 2014.


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