Flower. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, near Stockingbingal, NSW

Flowering plant. Photo: Chris Lindorff, N of Lake Hindmarsh, Vic

Flowering plant with corm. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, near Stockingbingal, NSW

Common Name

Tiny Star, Star Grass, Yellow Star

Family

Hypoxidaceae

Notes

Perennial forb to 25cm tall, the leaves growing annually from a corm. Leaves basal, with a sheath at the base, 2-25cm long, 0.4-2mm wide, linear, channelled, hairless, with a long point. Flowers yellow with 6 'petals', single or 2 flowers at the tops of the flowering stems, which arise from the base of the plant.

PlantNET description:   http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Hypoxis~glabella~var.+glabella