Hypoxis hirsuta Moraea This is the true species

This is the true species

7' wide in 3 years

but we grow only uneducated ferns that can't read gardening books

accented nicely with a dramatic mahogany red core

In our full sun rock garden

Hypoxis hirsuta Moraea This is the true speciesHypoxis hirsuta is a widespread (most counties east of the Mississippi), but rarely grown US native woodland wildflower, formerly in the lily family, but now moved into its own family, Hypoxidaceae. Perfect for the rock garden, the tight clumps of upright grass like foliage are adorned like a ring around the base with shorter flowering shoots, each topped with 2 6 attractive star shaped yellow flowers in early spring. Although star grass can be found