Scientific name: Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Coville

Common name: Common Goldstar; Stargrass

Family: Liliaceae; Lily

Origin: Native

Habitat: open woods, meadows

Image: Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Coville, Stargrass on Lavender Mountain at the Berry College Campus, Mt. Berry, Georgia; June 14, 2009.

Comments: At John D. Freeman Herbarium (AUA), Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama there is herbarium specimen of Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Coville collected in Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, and identified by Alvin W. Chapman (1809-1899) in 1872, or 1881, or 1890'.

Last updated on January 13, 2011.

References :
1. Fernald, Merritt L. Gray's Manual of Botany 8ed. New York: D.Van Nostrand, 1970: 454.
2. Auburn University Herbarium ( http://www.auburn.edu/herbarium/), Department of Biological Sciences Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
3. Image by Zvezdana Ukropina-Crawford
4. USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Botanical Exploration in Floyd County, Georgia
Flatwoods at Berry College, Mt. Berry, Floyd County, Northwest Georgia, United States
A.W. Chapman collection from Floyd County, Georgia


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