''Hypoxis mexicana'', common name Mexican yellow star-grass, is a small herbaceous plant. It is widespread across much of

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

, and has also been reported from southern

Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...

. ''Hypoxis mexicana'' grows is open forests and woodlands. It has a tuft of leaves with long bristles near the base. Flowers are yellow, 6-parted, in a panicle at the top of the flowering stalk.Roemer, Johann Jakob. Systema Vegetabilium 7(2): 761. 1830.

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