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Fringed yellow star-grass

Hypoxis juncea

Also called Fringed Yellow Stargrass, Fringed Star Grass

Fringed yellow star-grass
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Hypoxidaceae (Hypoxid family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
SE. U.S.A.
Climate
subtropical

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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. 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. The species is a facultative wetland perennial forb.

Other Hypoxis plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hypoxis juncea 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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