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Your search found 4 taxa in the family Hypoxidaceae, Stargrass family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Yellow Stargrass, Hairy Yellow Stargrass, Common Stargrass, Upland Stargrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypoxis hirsuta FAMILY: Hypoxidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Hypoxis hirsuta FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypoxis hirsuta var. hirsuta 044-07-001a FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: In a wide variety of dry to moist forests
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Swamp Stargrass, Curtiss’s Stargrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hypoxis curtissii FAMILY: Hypoxidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypoxis curtissii FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypoxis hirsuta var. leptocarpa 044-07-001b FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Swamp forests, alluvial forests, water courses, hydric hammocks
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Bristleseed Stargrass, Pineland Stargrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypoxis wrightii FAMILY: Hypoxidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypoxis wrightii FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypoxis micrantha 044-07-002 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas
Common in Coastal Plain
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fringed Stargrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hypoxis juncea FAMILY: Hypoxidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hypoxis juncea FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Hypoxis juncea 044-07-003 FAMILY: Amaryllidaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas
Common in GA, uncommon in SC, rare in NC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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