Hypoxis hirsuta (Linnaeus) Coville. Common name: Common Stargrass, Eastern Stargrass. Phenology: Mar-Jun; May-Jul. Habitat: In a wide variety of dry to moist forests. Distribution: S. ME west to SK and ND, south to GA and e. TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, ETx1, F, FNA26, GW1, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, WV, Judd (2000); = Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Coville var. hirsuta — RAB; > Hypoxis grandis Pollard — S13; < Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Coville — C, G; > Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Coville — S13. Basionym: Ornithogalum hirsutum L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Hypoxis hirsuta - FNA26
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
- Great Plains: FACW
- Midwest: FAC
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to reclining perennial from a corm, found in dry to moist forests, woodlands, clearings and barrens.
Stems: Stems unbranched and hairy.
Leaves: Leaves clustered at the base of the stem, with membranous sheaths, linear, 4-20 in. long, u-shaped in cross-section, stiff, with scattered white hairs.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers 2-7 in a loose, terminal umbel; yellow; 1/2-1 in. wide; consisting of 5 spreading, lance-shaped and pointed tepals and a central yellow pistil surrounded by 6 yellow stamens.
Fruits: Fruit an ellipsoid capsule.
Comments:
Height: 4-8 in.
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description: Erect to reclining perennial from a corm, found in dry to moist forests, woodlands, clearings and barrens.
stems: Stems unbranched and hairy.
leaves: Leaves clustered at the base of the stem, with membranous sheaths, linear, 4-20 in. long, u-shaped in cross-section, stiff, with scattered white hairs.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers 2-7 in a loose, terminal umbel; yellow; 1/2-1 in. wide; consisting of 5 spreading, lance-shaped and pointed tepals and a central yellow pistil surrounded by 6 yellow stamens.
fruits: Fruit an ellipsoid capsule.
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native range: eastern North America
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