Hypoxidaceae FAMILY

Hypoxis colchicifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hypoxis colchicifolia is a herbaceous perennial plant producing a cluster of 4 - 8 grass-like leaves around 10 - 60cm long and 3 - 11cm wide from a corm-like tuber; it can grow around 25 - 60cm tall[ 1928 Title A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province Volume 1-3 Publication Strelitzia 41 Author Bredenkamp C.L. Publisher South African National Biodiversity Institute; Pretoria Year 2019 ISBN 978-1-928224-28-0 Description ]. The plant is widely used in traditional medicine in South Africa, where the root is collected from the natural environment on a mass scale[ 1923 Title The genus Hypoxis L. (Hypoxidaceae) in the East Tropical Africa: variability, distribution and conservation status Publication Biodiv. Res. Conserv. 14: 1-129, 2009 Author Wiland-Szymańska J. Website http://10.2478/v10119-009-0011-5 Publisher Year 2009 ISBN Description ]. The plant is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 295 Title PlantZAfrica.com Publication Author Website http://www.plantzafrica.com Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeSouthern Africa - eastern S. Africa from Cape Province to KwaZulu-Natal

HabitatGrass slopes and rocky outcrops, on sand and loamy soils[ 1928 Title A Flora of the Eastern Cape Province Volume 1-3 Publication Strelitzia 41 Author Bredenkamp C.L. Publisher South African National Biodiversity Institute; Pretoria Year 2019 ISBN 978-1-928224-28-0 Description ].