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Notably long-blooming, yellow stargrass is best identified by its flower structure.
The stigma, filaments, and petals are, upon close inspection, decidedly primeval-looking.
The buds — and portions of the the stem — are extremely fuzzy.
Yellow stargrass is not actually a grass, but a member of the lily family.
And, while tiny, stargrass brightens up the landscape like little else.
— JOSHUA HESTON, EDITOR
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Yellow Stargrass (Hypoxis hirsuta)
Size: 2 to 12 inches tall; flowers 1/2 to 3/4 inches wide.
What to look for: flowers yellow, starlike, in open cluster atop leafless stem; leaves loong, grasslike, in tufts.
Habitat: meadows, prairies, fields, open woods, thickets.
In bloom: April through September.
— page 490, Wernett, Susan J., et al. North American Wildlife. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1986.
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Hypoxia hirsuta photo plates
All photo credits: J. Heston. Location: Mincy-Drury Conservation Area, Taney County, Missouri • SOTO © Archive 04/11/09
