[image: ... Kas skyline]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8035015844%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcDVdj__6tKTqSABRfvEGMun25Rew> Kas plateau ... about 4000 ft asl ... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India ------------------------------ 28 SEP 08 * Hypoxis aurea * Lour. ... (family: Hypoxidaceae) *hy-POK-sis* -- from Greek *hypo* (beneath) and *oxys* (sharp); referring to base of capsule ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DHypoxis&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeU5uGJsxGk2JWk7IRyyyYip4mwhg> *AW-re-uh* -- golden flower ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Daurea&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcQiY0kuoUpVjVcS7NLcYYuonclkQ>
*commonly known as*: golden star grass • *Hindi*: भूई खजूर bhui khajur • * Marathi*: सोनतारा sontara • *Nepalese*: बन सिरु ban siru *Native to*: s China, e Asia, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FGolden%2520Star%2520Grass.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf0mOIwEUPWx0BcnELiKS3CwA85Gw>• eFlora<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.efloras.org%2Fflorataxon.aspx%3Fflora_id%3D2%26taxon_id%3D200028049&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdsNBaDjzen-o29CmtBBEtavx2ZIA>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Ban Siru (Nepalese: बन सिरु)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2898539441%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdjkgWjrNe0qHu1QggE_4GEo3ljRg> Regards. Dinesh --
