Hypoxis villosa L.F.

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial geophyte, small, 60-150 mm high; rhizome with fibrous tunic. Leaves 4-7, tightly arranged one above the other in 3 ranks, moderately firm in texture, lanceolate, 150-175 x 10-20 mm, sickle-shaped, recurving, sparse to densely hairy; hairs forming thin layer on lower surface, soft, silky-white. Flowers 2-6; pedicels slender, lax, unequal in length bringing flowers to ± the same height, yellow; tepals 8-10 x 2-5 mm; anther apex split; ovary 2-3 mm long; style ± equalling stigma. Flowering time Oct.-Apr.
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Soft, cormous geophyte, 6-15 cm, with a fibrous neck. Leaves 4-7, 3-ranked, lanceolate, falcate, thinly hairy beneath, hairs silky, white, stellate, with arms lying parallel to long axis. Flowers 2-6(-10), yellow, in a corymbose hairy inflorescence with hairs drying brown in upper parts.
A herb or lily like plant.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.06 - 0.15
Root system rhizome
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible bulbs roots
Therapeutic use Tumor(Testicle) (unspecified)
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Hypoxis villosa world distribution map, present in Lesotho, eSwatini, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:65594-1
WFO ID wfo-0000671035
COL ID 3P28Q
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Hypoxis villosa Hypoxis decumbens Hypoxis fabricia Hypoxis microsperma Hypoxis obliqua Hypoxis scabra Hypoxis tomentosa Fabricia villosa Hypoxis villosa var. scabra Hypoxis villosa var. obliqua Hypoxis villosa var. fimbriata Hypoxis villosa var. villosa