Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Pauridia glabella var. glabella
Common name
Tiny Star, Star Grass
Family
Hypoxidaceae
Where found
Dry forest, mallee woodland, grassland, and ephemeral herbfields. Tablelands north and west of the Hume Highway. Western Slopes.
Notes
Perennial herb to 0.25 m high, hairless. Leaves clustered at the base of the plant, 2–25 cm long, 0.4–1 mm wide, angular in cross section, hairless, with a sheath at the base, gradually tapering to fine tips. Flowers bright yellow, or greenish outside, with 6 'petals' 2.8–12 mm long. Stamens 1.5–4 mm long, with filaments alternately long and short. Bracteoles paired, threadlike, 2–18 mm long, not sheathing. Flowers single or paired. 1-4 flower stalks per plant. Flowers late winter to summer.
Hypoxis glabella var. glabella in PlantNET.
PlantNET description (as Hypoxis glabella var. glabella): http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Hypoxis~glabella (accessed 2 May 2021)
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