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Hypoxis mexicana

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Hypoxis mexicana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Hypoxidaceae
Genus: Hypoxis
Species:
H. mexicana
Binomial name
Hypoxis mexicana
Schultes & Schultes f. in J. J. Roemer et al
Synonyms[1]

Hypoxis decumbens var. mexicana (Schult. & Schult. f.) Jenn.

Hypoxis mexicana, common name Mexican yellow star-grass, is a small herbaceous 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.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Tropicos, Hypoxis mexicana
  2. ^ Flora of North America, v 26, page 203
  3. ^ Roemer, Johann Jakob. Systema Vegetabilium 7(2): 761. 1830.