Hypoxidaceae
Golden eye-grass
Curculigo orchioides
- Family
- Hypoxidaceae
- Genus
- Curculigo
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Common names
By language (10)
- Assamese
- তালমূলি
- Bangla
- তলমূলি, কালি মুসলি, কালো মুসলি, তলমূলী
- Chinese
- 仙茅, 仙茅参, 冬蟲草, 地棕, 婆罗门参, 山党参, 山茅, 海南参
- English
- Golden eye-grass
- Kannada
- ಕರ್ಕ್ಯೂಲಿಗೊ
- Malayalam
- നിലപ്പന, കറുത്ത മുസ്ലി
- Persian
- کرکلیگو ارچیویدس
- Tamil
- குறத்தி நிலப்பனை
- Telugu
- నేలతాడి
- Vietnamese
- Sâm cau
Synonyms
- Curculigo brevifolia Dryand. ex W.T.Aiton
- Curculigo densa W.Bull
- Curculigo firma Kotschy & Peyr.
- Curculigo malabarica Wight
- Curculigo orchioides var. minor Benth.
- Curculigo pauciflora Zipp. ex Span.
- Curculigo petiolata Royle
- Curculigo stans Labill.
- Franquevillea major Zoll. ex Kurz
- Gethyllis acaulis Blanco
- Hypoxis dulcis Steud. ex Baker
- Hypoxis minor Seem.
- Hypoxis orchioides (Gaertn.) Kurz
Flowers
- In flower
- April to October (from 84 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Chandu Bandi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Viren Vaz, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Swarochi Tathagath, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:Krishnakulkarni36, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: deepachandran, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sindhu Haridas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vengolis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Toby Y, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.