3170

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in NC-SC (uncommon in GA)

Look for it in wet pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple - grasslike

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Bisexual
6 tepals
6 stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p194
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p172
• Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p066

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hypoxis wrightii   FAMILY Hypoxidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypoxis wrightii   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-07-002:
Hypoxis micrantha   FAMILY Amaryllidaceae