General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 3 to 6 inches
Plant Spread: 3 to 6 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Corm
Uses: Will Naturalize
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Seeds are hydrophilic
Propagation: Other methods: Offsets

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Common names
  • Eastern Yellow Star Grass
  • Common Goldstar
  • Eastern Yellow Star-Grass
  • Yellow Star-Grass
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Hypoxis hirsuta
  • Synonym: Hypoxis micrantha

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Location: St Louis
Date: 2012-04-15

Date: c. 1910
illustration by Chester A. Reed from his book, 'Wild Flowers East
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2015-04-11
Location: RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK.
Date: 2022-08-04
Location: St Louis
Date: 2012-04-15
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2012-03-17
Location: Tennessee
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Photo by sedumzz
Location: St Louis
Date: 2012-04-15
Photo by sedumzz
Location: Fairfax, VA | May, 2023
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2004-04-07
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2004-04-07
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2004-04-07
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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