Hypoxis hirsuta
Common Goldstar
NATIVE
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Keeled, dark green, basal, hairy leaves, less than 1 cm wide
Credit: Kristie Gianopulos. Used with permission.
FIELD ID CHARACTERISTICS:
This is the most abundant star-grass in the state.
Synonym(s): Ornithogalum hirsutum
Description: Low-growing, grass-like plant with yellow flowers.
Leaves: Leaves hairy, basal, and grasslike. Usually 22 to 30 cm long and less than 1 cm wide.
Flowers/Fruit: Flowering stem usually shorter than leaves, 15 to 20 cm tall. Yellow 6-petaled flowers with 6 anthers. Blooms March to June; fruits May/June.
Habit and Range: Found statewide in a wide variety of dry and moist habitats, usually in part sun, along forest edges, meadows, sometimes in bottomland forests and savannas.
Typical Max Plant Height (m):
0.3
Leaf Arrangement:
Basal
Leaf Division:
Simple
Leaf Margin:
Entire
Leaf Shape:
Linear
Inflorescence Color:
Yellow
Fruit Color:
Brown
Lifespan:
Perennial
Group:
Monocot
Family:
Hypoxidaceae / Star-grass
Ecoregions Found In:
Statewide
