North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Liliaceae > Hypoxis (stargrass)
	Yellow Stargrass, Common Goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) Clay Co., NC 14 May 2005 Common and statewide in NC in a variety of wooded habitats, some authorities place this genus in its own family (Hypoxidaceae).
	Yellow Stargrass, Common Goldstar (Hypoxis hirsuta) Clay Co., NC 14 May 2005

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.