Hypoxis decumbens L.

Species

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Characteristics

Small scapose herbs; corm cylindric to ellipsoid, 0.7-2.0 cm. long, the surrounding leaf sheaths membranous, not fibrous; leaves linear to lanceo-late, 1-4 dm. long, 2-12 mm. broad, sparsely pilose to glabrate; peduncles 1-to 4-flowered, filiform, 2-20 cm. long; perianth segments lanceolate, 4-10 mm. long; capsule club-shaped, cylindric or slenderly ellipsoid, 0.6-1.7 cm. long.
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A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The flowers are yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 0.25
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Mostly in moist open grassy places, sometimes on dry rocky hillsides or in pine forest; at elevations up to 3,500 metres.
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It is a subtropical plant. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 3,000 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible rhizomes roots tubers
Therapeutic use Tumor(Testicle) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Habit

Hypoxis decumbens habit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Hypoxis decumbens leaf picture by cabana carlos manuel (cc-by-sa)
Hypoxis decumbens leaf picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Hypoxis decumbens leaf picture by pedrogc -- (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Hypoxis decumbens flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Hypoxis decumbens flower picture by Matheus Platner (cc-by-sa)
Hypoxis decumbens flower picture by Senger Mario (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Hypoxis decumbens world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:65385-1
WFO ID wfo-0000668560
COL ID 3P22S
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 639527
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Hypoxis breviscapa Hypoxis caricifolia Hypoxis racemosa Hypoxis gracilis Niobea nemorosa Anthericum ensiforme Anthericum sessile Hypoxis elongata Hypoxis pusilla Niobea pratensis Hypoxis decumbens var. dolichocarpa Hypoxis decumbens var. major Hypoxis decumbens