Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Coville [Hypoxidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
common goldstar	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hypoxis carolinensis Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 188 (1803).
Hypoxis erecta L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 986 (1759).
Hypoxis graminea Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 224 (1813).
Hypoxis grandis Pollard in J.K.Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 287 (1903).
Hypoxis hirsuta f. villosissima Fernald Rhodora 42: 445 (1940).
Hypoxis micrantha Pollard in J.K.Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 287 (1903).
Hypoxis pallida Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 248 (1796), nom. illeg.
Hypoxis pilosa Raf. Autik. Bot.: 63 (1840).
Ornithogalum hirsutum L. Sp. Pl.: 306 (1753).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Coville	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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