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Accession Data:

Spiloxene canaliculata Garside

  • Common Name: Golden Star; Sterretjie
  • Family: Hypoxidaceae R.Br.
  • Synonym(s): Pauridia canaliculata (Garside) Snijman & Kocyan

  • Country of Origin: South Africa, vicinity of Darling
  • Habitat: Seasonally wet clay flats

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201400216
  • Source: Silverhill Seeds
  • Accession Date: 10-31-2014
  • Bench: 2217 - XER:Misc Deserts
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-20-2025

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
2015

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013) as Spiloxene canliculata. Version 1.1. Accessed 31 October 2014.
  2. WCSP (2014). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 31 October 2014.
  3. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.

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

Images:

Spiloxene canaliculata

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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
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= accession added within past 90 days
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