Hypoxis urceolata Nel

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Hypoxidaceae > Hypoxis

Characteristics

A herb. The leaves reach 40 cm long. The plant has a long underground stem or rhizome. This has fibrous leaf bases. The root is 4 cm across. The flowering stalks are 25 cm high. The flowers are large and 2.5 cm across. They are yellow.
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Inflorescences up to 10 ins. high appearing before and with the leaves
Large rhizome bearing fibrous leaf bases
Flowers yellow
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.04
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Meadows, herbaceous fallow fields, degraded pasture, forest-grassland transition, recently burned wooded savannah, wet areas, water flows, on rocky, kaolin soil; at elevations from 305-2,835 metres but mainly between 1,000-2,000 metres.
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In upland savanna.
A tropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use food gum
Edible roots tubers
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Hypoxis urceolata world distribution map, present in Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Yemen

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:65589-1
WFO ID wfo-0000670971
COL ID 3P28L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Hypoxis arenosa Hypoxis bequaertii Hypoxis urceolata Hypoxis crispa Hypoxis apiculata Hypoxis cryptophylla Hypoxis textilis