Hypoxis juncea Sm. is a plant in the Hypoxidaceae family, order Asparagales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Hypoxis juncea Sm.

Hypoxis juncea Sm.

Hypoxis juncea is a non-true-grass perennial forb found on the US Atlantic coastal plains, with very narrow thread-like leaves.

Family
Genus
Hypoxis
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Hypoxis juncea Sm.

Hypoxis juncea Sm. is commonly called fringed yellow star-grass and rushy hypoxis. This star-grass species has extremely narrow leaves that are comparable to thread. Despite including "grass" in its common name, it is not a true grass. It grows in the United States, on coastal plains ranging from Florida and Alabama to North Carolina. The species is a facultative wetland perennial forb.

Photo: (c) Bob Peterson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Hypoxidaceae Hypoxis

More from Hypoxidaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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