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Curtis' Star-Grass

(Hypoxis curtissii)

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Description

Leaves 3-12 mm wide, soft, flexible, glabrous or nearly so. Scape (4-)5-13(-27) cm. Inflorescences racemose, 1-3(-7)-flowered; proximal 2 flowers, when present, not paired; bracts (3-)5-20(-80) mm. Flowers: tepals 4-8(-11) - 0. 5-2.1 mm, 2 or less times longer than pedicel, usually 2 or less times longer than ovary; anthers 1-1.8 mm; ovary cylindric, (2-)3-6(-7) - 1-3 mm, glabrate or sparsely pubescent; pedicel (2-)5-12(-20) mm, usually shorter than bracts. Seeds black, lustrous, 1.2-1.6 mm, coarsely muricate.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Asparagales
Family:Hypoxidaceae
Genus:Hypoxis
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