Common names: star flower, yellow star (Eng.); sterblom, geelsterretjie, gifbol (Afr.); moli kharatsa, lotsane (S Sotho); inkomfe, inkomfe enkulu (Zulu), inongwe, i
Family: Hypoxidaceae
... bitter taste. Seeds are hard, black, smooth and glossy. Hypoxis hemerocallidea occurs in open grassland and woodland ... It also occurs in Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. Hypoxis hemerocallidea is fire-tolerant, and occurs widely in ... not known to be favoured as food by browsing herbivores. Hypoxis The star flower is a very attractive, hardy garden ...
09 / 11 / 2009 | Beate Hölscher | National Herbarium Pretoria
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