Hypoxis mexicana
Hypoxis mexicana, common name Mexican yellow star-grass, is a small herbaceous plant. It is widespread across much of Mexico, and has also been reported from southern Arizona.
| Hypoxis mexicana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Hypoxidaceae |
| Genus: | Hypoxis |
| Species: | H. mexicana |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypoxis mexicana Schultes & Schultes f. in J. J. Roemer et al | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hypoxis decumbens var. mexicana (Schult. & Schult. f.) Jenn. | |
Hypoxis mexicana grows is open forests and woodlands. It has a tuft of leaves with long bristles near the base. Flowers are yellow, 6-parted, in a panicle at the top of the flowering stalk.[2][3]
References
- Tropicos, Hypoxis mexicana
- Flora of North America, v 26, page 203
- Roemer, Johann Jakob. Systema Vegetabilium 7(2): 761. 1830.
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