Hypoxidaceae FAMILY
Hypoxis aurea
Hypoxis aurea
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Hypoxis aurea is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a globose corm-like tuber; it produces a cluster of 4 - 12, grass-like leaves around 7 - 30cm long[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is sometimes used as an ingredient in commercial cosmetic preparations.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, southern China, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea
HabitatForest margins, moist grassy slopes; at elevations from near sea level to 2,600 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].