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Accession Data:

Hypoxis villosa L. f.

  • Common Name: Golden Winter Star
  • Family: Hypoxidaceae R.Br.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa
  • Habitat: cormous geophyte to 0.1m

  • Description: 50-100mm cormous geophyte, evergreen, small star-shaped yellow flowers in autumn.
  • Culture: Sow seed in spring.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200100529
  • Source: John Silander ex Nat. Bot. Inst.
  • Accession Date: 09-01-2001
  • Bench: 2109 - MED:Fynbos A
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-28-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Hypoxidaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
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2003

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces / Lesotho / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland

References (external):

  1. Info from Seed Packet
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, September 04, 2017.
  3. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Monday, September 04, 2017.

data regenerated on Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:39:17 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Hypoxis villosa

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Current Accessions in the Hypoxidaceae

  • Curculigo orchioides
  • Hypoxis hemerocallidea
  • Hypoxis villosa
  • Hypoxis wrightii
  • Molineria capitulata
  • Spiloxene canaliculata
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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