African Stargrass

Hypoxis hemerocallidea

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Conservation value of the Egoli Granite Grassland, an endemic grassland in Gauteng, South Africa
• Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:34 a.m.	Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Medicinal Useful Sun Bulb Soil: loam Color data Flowering data
Conservation value of the Egoli Granite Grassland, an endemic grassland in Gauteng, South Africa May 22, 2026, 11:11 p.m.	Forb Egoli Granite Grassland
Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping May 22, 2026, 11:31 p.m.	Good garden plant Sun Bulb Egoli Granite Grassland

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• (c) Robbie Botes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Robbie Botes source
• (c) Matthew Fainman, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Matthew Fainman source
• no rights reserved, uploaded by Elmien Coetser source
• (c) Richard Gill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Gill source
• (c) berthapi2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by berthapi2 source
• (c) Megan Barnard, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Megan Barnard source
• (c) tjeerd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by tjeerd source
• (c) lougarou, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by lougarou source
• (c) Namhla, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Namhla source
• (c) tjeerd, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by tjeerd source
• (c) berthapi2, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by berthapi2 source
• (c) Igmar Grewar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Igmar Grewar source