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Hypoxis decumbens

Hypoxis decumbens
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0
Family
Hypoxidaceae (Hypoxid family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Mexico to Trop. America
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Hypoxis decumbens, the coquí, is a species of plant in the Hypoxidaceae, considered by some authors to be included within the Liliaceae or Amaryllidaceae. The species is widespread across South America, Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies.

Other Hypoxis plants

Red star · Star Flower · Common goldstar · Golden Weather Grass · Fringed yellow star-grass · Mexican yellow star-grass · Hypoxis villosa · Star Grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hypoxis decumbens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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