Fringed Yellow Star Grass

Leaves 0.3–1 mm wide, hard, stiff, nearly glabrous or with scattered trichomes near base. Scape (5–)6–16(–19) cm. Inflorescences racemose, 1–2(–3)-flowered; proximal 2 flowers, when present, not paired; bracts 1–7(–12) mm. Flowers: tepals 6–13(–15) × 2–4 mm, usually shorter than pedicel, longer than ovary; anthers (1.3–)1.8–3.3 mm; ovary obconic, (2–)3–5(–7) × 1.5–2.5 mm, densely pubescent; pedicel (5–)10–26(–28) mm, usually 2+ times longer than bracts. Seeds black, lustrous, 0.7–1 mm, with low, rounded sculpturing.

Ala., Fla., Ga., N.C., S.C.

Flowering year round, most commonly in spring.

Seasonally flooded pinelands; 0--100m.

Hypoxis filifolia Elliott

Hypoxis juncea (commonly known as fringed yellow star-grass and rushy hypoxis) is a star-grass species with leaves that are so narrow as to be comparable to thread. It is not a true grass, despite the common name. It is found in the United States on coastal plains from Florida + Alabama to North Carolina. The species is a facultative wetland perennial forb.