Hypoxis mexicana

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Hypoxis mexicana
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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]

Hypoxis decumbens var. mexicana(Schult. & Schult. f.) Jenn.

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 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]

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References

  1. Tropicos, Hypoxis mexicana
  2. Flora of North America, v 26, page 203
  3. Roemer, Johann Jakob. Systema Vegetabilium 7(2): 761. 1830.