Mexican Yellow Star-Grass

(Hypoxis mexicana)

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Description

Hypoxis mexicana, common name Mexican yellow star-grass, is a small herbacous 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.

Taxonomic tree:

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