Flora of North America species comparison

The green links below add additional plants to the comparison table. Blue links lead to other Web sites.
enable glossary links

Hypoxis mexicana

Mexican yellow star-grass
Leaves

(1–)2–4(–9) mm wide, soft, stiff, densely pubescent.
Scape

4–12(–16) cm, topped by 2 opposite bracts.
Inflorescences

racemose, 1–3-flowered;

proximal 2 flowers, when present, always paired;

bracts (3–)4–8(–11) mm.
Flowers

tepals (3–)4–7(–8) × 1.3–2.5 mm, shorter to longer than pedicel, ± equaling ovary;

anthers 1–2 mm;

ovary oblanceoloid, 3–6(–9) × 1–2 mm, densely pubescent;

pedicel 1–6 mm, shorter than bracts.
Seeds

light brown, dull, 1–1.4(–1.5) mm, muricate.

Hypoxis mexicana
Phenology Flowering summer.
Habitat Pine-oak woodlands
Elevation 2000–2500 m (6600–8200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; Mexico
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Hypoxis mexicana is common in Mexico; it is rarely collected in Arizona.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 203.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Hypoxis
Sibling taxa
H. curtissii, H. hirsuta, H. juncea, H. rigida, H. sessilis, H. wrightii
Name authority Schultes & Schultes f.: in J. J. Roemer et al., Syst. Veg. 7(2): 761. (1830)
Web links 
Unless otherwise noted, all data comes from the online version of the Flora of North America, who have made most of their content available via a Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0).



Type/paste one or more Latin names into the boxes above; matching taxa will show up below the box as you type. You can use the up/down arrow keys to move through the list.

(If the plant you're looking for doesn't show up in the auto-complete list, that means it either isn't described in Flora of North America yet, or it's listed under a synonym. And please note that Flora of North America is still missing several plant families, including Apiaceae, Boraginaceae, and Polemoniaceae.)

Choose a data source: Flora of North America

The species comparison tool is brought to you by:
Northwest Wildflowers