Hypoxis hirsuta -- (Yellow Stargrass)


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 Scientific Name:  Hypoxis hirsuta
 Common Name:  Yellow Stargrass
 Other Common Names:  Common Goldstar
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  Yellow
 Soil Moisture:  Wet, Mesic
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Soil Type prefered:  Loam, Clay
 Drought Tolerance:  Medium
 Flower Conspicuous:  Yes
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Medium
 Moisture Use:  Medium
 Shade Tolerance:  Intermediate
 Active Growth Period:  Spring
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  Medium
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  Medium
 Bloom Period:  Early Spring
 Commercial Availability:  Routinely Available
 Competitivness:  Sensitive
 Cold Stratification Required:  No
 Best established via:  Plant
 Fall Conspicuous:  No
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  120
 Foliage Color:  Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  Low
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Spring
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  No
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Black
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  No
 Fire Tolerance:  High
 Foliage Texture:  Coarse
 Growth Form:  Single Crown
 Growth Habit:  Forb/herb
 Growth Rate:  Moderate
 Height, Mature (feet):  .75
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Moderate
 Max. Planting Density/Acre:  11000
 Min. Planting Density/Acre:  4800
 pH (Maximum):  7.3
 pH (Minimum):  5.2
 Precipitation (Minimum):  18
 Resprout Ability:  No
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  7
 Salt Tolerance:  None
 Shape and Orientation:  Erect
 Flowering Months:  May, June, July
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed Spread Rate:  Slow
 Seedling Vigor:  Medium
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -33
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  Slow
 Found in Old fields:  No
 Found in Virgin fields:  Yes
 Propagation:  Corms, Seed
 Where Found in S.E. MN:

 Category:  Monocot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Liliopsida
 Order:  Liliales
 Family:  Liliaceae
 Genus:  Hypoxis

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