Searching in Wikipedia, I could not find Hypoxis aurea listed, although I came across 13 sps of the genus. One of the common names mentioned for the genus was Yellow Star-grass. Flowers are presumably yellow. The name ' grass ' is a misnomer, since the flower is unlike a grass, but lily-like in family hypoxidaceae, sometimes being included in Amaryllidaceae family or the Liliacea family. A pix similar to Katie's flower pix is shown in the link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoxis
________________________________ From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> To: katie bagli <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, 2 September, 2009 9:46:08 AM Subject: [indiantreepix:17376] Re: Commonly seen at Malshej ... Hypoxis aurea, golden star grass ... http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Golden%20Star%20Grass.html Regards. On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 8:50 AM, katie bagli <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, >This yellow flower, having a corolla just 2 cm across, pedicel about 5 cm >long, corolla of 6 petals, 3 stamens with distinct anthers and leaves like >blades of grass, was to be seen everywhere in Malshej. Could anyone throw >light on its identity please? >Thanks, >katie > >> > See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
