Hypoxidaceae
Broad-leaved hypoxis
Hypoxis colchicifolia
- Family
- Hypoxidaceae
- Genus
- Hypoxis
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Broad-leaved hypoxis, Yellow star
- Zulu
- Igudu, Ilabatheka, Ingcobo, Inkomfe
Synonyms
- Hypoxis distachya Nel
- Hypoxis gilgiana Nel
- Hypoxis latifolia Hook.
- Hypoxis oligotricha Baker
Flowers
- In flower
- October to November (from 7 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter Warren, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter Warren, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter Warren, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: grabbarg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mmatjie Mashao, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Mexican yellow star-grassHypoxis mexicanaHypoxidaceae
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.