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Hypoxis arillacea R.J.F.Hend.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Hypoxidaceae > Hypoxis

Characteristics

Corms and roots not seen. Leaf lamina flat, attenuate and twisted, 15-35 cm long, 1.5-4 mm wide, sparsely hairy. Inflorescences 2-6, 3-25 cm long, 1-4-flowered; axes sparsely pubescent; pedicels 4-30 mm long; bracteoles single, 2-15 mm long. Perianth lobes 9-18 mm long, greenish yellow outside. Sepals abaxially ±glabrescent. Petals glabrous. Stamens 3.3-6 mm long; filaments alternately long and short, 1.8-3.5 mm long; anthers 2.8-3.5 mm long, attached near middle. Style ±slender, 2-2.5 mm long including divergent, cordate lobes c. 0.75 mm long; ovary 5-7 mm long, ?3-locular, sparsely hairy. Capsules narrowly turbinate to ellipsoidal, 5-15 mm long. Seeds somewhat obliquely lacrymiform, 1.5-4 mm long, dark brown, minutely granulate, shiny.
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A lily-like plant. It grows 15-35 cm high. The corms are large and 3-10 cm below the soil surface. The leaves are 15-35 cm long by 0.15-0.4 cm wide. They are flat and twisted. They are dark green and have a few hairs. The flowers are 3.5 cm across and yellow inside. They are greenish-yellow outside. There are 1-4 flowers on each stem. These flowering stems are 3-25 cm long. The fruit are capsules which are 0.5-1.5 cm long. The seeds are dark brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.35
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Environment

It grows in inland regions in Australia. They grow in moist grassland. It suits subtropical and temperate regions.
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Usage

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Edible roots
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Hypoxis arillacea world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:932565-1
WFO ID wfo-0000668217
COL ID 3NZZR
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Synonyms

Hypoxis arillacea Hypoxis hygrometrica var. elongata
WorldFloraDB 2024