Hypoxis hirsuta

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Hypoxis hirsuta

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Phylum:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Liliopsida
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Hypoxidaceae
Genus:	Hypoxis
Species:	H. hirsuta

Binomial name

Hypoxis hirsuta
(L.) Coville

Synonyms

Hypoxis carolinensis Michx.
Hypoxis decumbens L.
Hypoxis erecta L.
Hypoxis graminea Pursh
Hypoxis grandis Pollard
Hypoxis micrantha Pollard
Hypoxis pallida Salisb.
Hypoxis villosa Raf.
Ornithogalum hirsutum L.

Hypoxis hirsuta (Common goldstar, Common star-grass, Eastern yellow stargrass, Yellow star grass) is an ornamental plant native to the United States in the Hypoxidaceae family. Sometimes this plant is placed in the Amaryllidaceae family or the Liliaceae family.