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 | |
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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
- Blanche E. Dean; Amy Mason; Joab L. Thomas (1983). Wildflowers of Alabama and Adjoining States. University of Alabama Press. p. 28. ISBN 081730147X.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Robert K. Godfrey; Jean W. Wooten (2011). Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States: Monocotyledons. Vol. 1. University of Georgia Press. p. 605. ISBN 978-0820342429.
- Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
- "Hypoxis juncea". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
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