Hypoxidaceae
Hypoxis hemerocallidea
- Family
- Hypoxidaceae
- Genus
- Hypoxis
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Common names
By language (5)
- Afrikaans
- Afrika-aartappel, Gifbol, Sterblom
- Hungarian
- Ormányliliom
- Persian
- زرداختر آفریقایی
- Southern Sotho
- Moli-kharatsa
- Zulu
- Inkomfe
Synonyms
- Hypoxis elata Hook.f.
- Hypoxis obconica Nel
- Hypoxis patula Nel
- Hypoxis rooperi T.Moore
- Hypoxis rooperi var. forbesii Baker
- Hypoxis rooperii T.Moore
Flowers
- In flower
- September to December (from 461 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter Warren, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Elmien Coetser, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JonRichfield, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Hypoxis
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- Red starHypoxis bauriiHypoxidaceae
- CoquíHypoxis decumbensHypoxidaceae
- Common goldstarHypoxis hirsutaHypoxidaceae
- Mr Burchell’s hypoxisHypoxis obtusaHypoxidaceae
- Golden winter starHypoxis villosaHypoxidaceae
- Hypoxis costataHypoxidaceae
- Mexican yellow star-grassHypoxis mexicanaHypoxidaceae
- Hypoxis pratensisHypoxidaceae
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.