Hypoxidaceae
Autumn golden star
Empodium plicatum
- Family
- Hypoxidaceae
- Genus
- Empodium
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Common names
By language (3)
- Afrikaans
- Ploegtydblommetjie
- Chinese
- 小仙梅草
- English
- Autumn golden star, Autumn star, Golden star
Synonyms
- Curculigo plicata (Thunb.) Dryand. ex W.T.Aiton
- Fabricia plicata Thunb.
- Forbesia plicata (Thunb.) Nel
- Forbesia plicata var. plicata
- Gethyllis plicata Jacq.
- Hypoxis plicata (Thunb.) L.f.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 91 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Danie Palm, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Klaus Wehrlin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam McCarren, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrew massyn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Vynbos, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrew massyn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacques van der Merwe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 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). About our plant data.