Hypoxis

Another blogger and dear friend, Gail has made sure that this plant, Hypoxis hirsuta, yellow star grass has a good foothold at the Fairegarden, bringing one as a hostess gift on her very first visit here in 2008, and three more on her next, last fall.

Wildflowers Of Spring On A Wednesday* « Fairegarden 2010

I would never have the little Hypoxis without Gail.

Seeing Yellow In A Mish Mash Way « Fairegarden 2009

Yellow Star Grass, Hypoxis hirsuta is a low, tufted, grass-like perennial, growing 3-8 in. tall from a hard, hairy corm.

Seeing Yellow In A Mish Mash Way « Fairegarden 2009

Compounds so far isolated from various Hypoxis plants are zeatin and zeatin glycoside (Van Staden, 1981), hypoxoside from H. obtusa

Chapter 7 1991

Phytochemical investigations of Hypoxis obtusa have led to the isolation of a new phenolic glycoside named obtusaside, together with known compounds such as, accuminoside, hypoxososide and nyasoside, from the methanol extract of the whole plant, using chromatographic separation techniques.

Chapter 7 1991

From the methanol extract of the tubers of Hypoxis nyasica, three glycosides: hypoxoside (previously isolated from H. obtusa), nyasoside and nyasicoside were isolated, together with two new monoglucosides named mononyasine A and mononyasine B.

Chapter 7 1991

Umbelliferae, Labiatae, and Compositae abound, some of them deliciously fragrant: an Astragaloid spinosus very common, a shrubby Cerasus, Thalictrum, Hypoxis, and small Cruciferae abundant.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith

In sandy places, blue-flowered _Burmannia, Hypoxis, _ and other pretty tropical annuals, expand their blossoms, with an inconspicuous

Himalayan Journals — Complete 1864

I’m glad you are still trying new things, such as leaving spent flowers on plants and planting something new, such as the Hypoxis.

Seeing Yellow In A Mish Mash Way « Fairegarden 2009

a species of Hypoxis and the native Borage (Trichodesma zeylanica, R. Br.) adorned them with their bright yellow and blue blossoms.

Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830