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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hypoxis curtissii
FAMILY
Hypoxidaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypoxis curtissii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypoxis curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Hypoxis curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hypoxis curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Hypoxis leptocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-07-001b:
Hypoxis hirsuta var. leptocarpa FAMILY Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypoxis hirsuta var. leptocarpa
COMMON NAME:
Swamp Stargrass, Curtiss’s Stargrass
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hypoxis curtissii
FAMILY
Hypoxidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypoxis curtissii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hypoxis curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Hypoxis curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hypoxis curtissii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Hypoxis leptocarpa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-07-001b:
Hypoxis hirsuta var. leptocarpa
FAMILY
Amaryllidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hypoxis hirsuta var. leptocarpa
4695
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: swamp forests, alluvial forests, water courses, hydric hammocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
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LEAVES:
Simple - grasslike
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer
Yellow
6 tepals
6 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p192
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p382
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p136
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