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Hypoxis hygrometrica

Small lily with tufted grass-like leaves and 1-2 brilliant yellow, star-shaped flowers to 3 cm across.

Details
Flora Type
Lilies, orchids
Distinctive Features

Sparse long soft hairs on the leaves and stem. Flowers usually solitary.
Biology

Perennial. Damp grassy sites. Often abundant in moist sites.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Nov-Jan
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asparagales
Family
Hypoxidaceae
Genus
Hypoxis
Species
vaginata

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

The small fleshy roots were eaten by Aboriginal people.

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Similar species is H. hygrometrica var. villosisepala which has slightly fleshy leaves, usually two flowers (rather than one).
Native Status
Native