Hypoxidaceae
Common goldstar
Hypoxis hirsuta
- Family
- Hypoxidaceae
- Genus
- Hypoxis
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 硬毛小金梅草
- English
- Common goldstar
- Persian
- زرداختر معمولی
Synonyms
- Hypoxis carolinensis Michx.
- Hypoxis erecta L.
- Hypoxis graminea Pursh
- Hypoxis grandis Pollard
- Hypoxis hirsuta f. hirsuta
- Hypoxis hirsuta f. villosissima Fernald
- Hypoxis hirsuta var. hirsuta
- Hypoxis micrantha Pollard
- Hypoxis pallida Salisb.
- Hypoxis pilosa Raf.
- Ornithogalum hirsutum L.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: aleshalawson.73, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: malot w, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Anneli Salo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Connor Wood, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Anneli Salo, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Liz Horn, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: James Steakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Matthew Campbell, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: ryan peat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.