Hypoxidaceae
Mr Burchell’s hypoxis
Hypoxis obtusa
- Family
- Hypoxidaceae
- Genus
- Hypoxis
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- Mr Burchell’s hypoxis
- Finnish
- Kieruhelotähti
- Southern Sotho
- Moli-boea
- Zulu
- Inkomfe
Synonyms
- Hypoxis angolensis Baker
- Hypoxis iridifolia Baker
- Hypoxis nitida I.Verd.
- Hypoxis obtusa var. chrysotricha Nel
- Hypoxis villosa var. obtusa (Burch. ex Ker Gawl.) T.Durand & Schinz
Flowers
- In flower
- September to November (from 91 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Antoinette Eyssell Knox, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Justin Ponder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Hankey, 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
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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.