Hypoxis colchicifolia mature plant

    Hypoxis colchicifolia mature plant
    Author: Ivan Lätti
    Photographer: Thabo Maphisa

    Old blackened and new green inflorescences of Hypoxis colchicifolia, stalked and erect, may both be present in a mature plant. Hairiness is still visible on the grey and black old flowers as it is on the outsides of the green-backed tepals of buds.

    The leaves are broad (sometimes long and folded), the flowers star-shaped, living up to the broad-leaved stargrass name. Flowering happens from late winter to summer (Manning, 2009; iNaturalist).

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