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Hypoxidaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Hypoxis angustifolia

Hypoxis angustifolia

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitPerennial
Growth—

Hypoxis species are generally not very cold tolerant plants and most species are badly damaged or killed by even light frosts. They will usually grow well in a Mediterranean type of climate with little or no frost[1]. Species in this genus generally require a light, freely draining soil and a position in full sun or light shade[1]. This species is found in the wild in a wide range of soils including shallow, mineral soils on rocky granitic, lava, coral or calcareous outcrops; on sandy, white, yellow, reddish, dark soils; on gray, rich light brown humic loam; red ferralitic soil; heavy clay; volcanic soil; black cotton soil and on termitaria[2]. Hypoxis species greatly resent root disturbance, plants should be placed in their permanent positions as soon as possible and left undisturbed for as long as possible[1].

Propagation

Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe[3]. Division. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Hypoxis+angustifolia>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
  2. [2]The genus Hypoxis L. (Hypoxidaceae) in the East Tropical Africa: variability, distribution and conservation status — Wiland-Szymańska J. · 2009 · http://10.2478/v10119-009-0011-5 ↩︎
  3. [3]PlantZAfrica.com — http://www.plantzafrica.com ↩︎An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants.
  4. [4]Flora Zambesiaca — http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html ↩︎An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants.
  5. [5]Flora of Tropical East Africa — Beentje H.J. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 2002 · http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 ↩︎Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa.
  6. [6]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
  7. [7]The Genus Hypoxis (Hypoxidaceae) in Central Africa — Wiland-Szymańska J. · 2001 ↩︎
  8. [8]Diversity and Conservation Through Cultivation of Hypoxis in Africa - A Case Study of Hypoxis hemerocallidea — Mofokeng M.M. et al · 2020 · http://10.3390/d12040122 ↩︎
  9. [9]Diversity of Hypoxis species used in ethnomedicine in Tanzania — Pereus D. et al · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2018.03.004 · ISBN 0254-6299 ↩︎