Fringed Yellow Star-Grass

(Hypoxis juncea)

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Description

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.

Taxonomic tree:

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