Bristle Seed Yellow Star Grass

In the southern part of its range, Hypoxis wrightii can be found flowering shortly after fire at any time of year. The name H. micrantha Pollard was misapplied to H. wrightii by A. E. Brackett (1923) and subsequent authors.

Leaves (0.5–)0.7–2.1(–2.6) mm wide, soft, usually stiff, sparsely to densely pubescent to pilose. Scape (20–)35–85(–150) mm, topped by 1 bract or, if flowers 2 or more, bracts more than 1, not opposite. Inflorescences racemose, 1–2(–3)-flowered; proximal 2 flowers, when present, not paired; bracts (2–)3–8(–15) mm. Flowers: tepals 4–8(–10) × (1.4–)2–3(–3.5) mm, shorter to longer than pedicel, less than 1.5 times as long as ovary; anthers (0.6–)0.9–1.8(–2) mm; ovary oblanceoloid, (2–)3–6(–8) × 1.5–2.5 mm, usually densely pilose; pedicel (1–)3–12(–21) mm, usually longer than bracts. Seeds dark brown, dull, 0.9–1.1(–1.3) mm, minutely muricate.

Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex.; West Indies.

Flowering spring.

Pinelands, seasonally flooded prairies; 0--100m.

Hypoxis juncea Smith var. wrightii Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 17: 106. 1878; H. humilis Tharp