3974

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in GA, uncommon in SC, rare in NC

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

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...Wet

LEAVES:
Simple - grasslike

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Bisexual
6 tepals
6 stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Hypoxis juncea   FAMILY Hypoxidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypoxis juncea   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 044-07-003:
Hypoxis juncea   FAMILY Amaryllidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hypoxis juncea