Hypoxis juncea

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|name = Fringed yellow star-grass

|image = Fringed Yellow Stargrass (Hypoxis juncea) (6148269752).jpg

|image_caption= Hypoxis juncea

|genus = Hypoxis

|species = juncea

|authority = Sm.

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Hypoxis juncea (commonly known as fringed yellow star-grass and rushy hypoxis) is a star-grass species with leaves that are so narrow as to be comparable to thread.{{Cite book|page=28|title=Wildflowers of Alabama and Adjoining States|author=Blanche E. Dean|author2=Amy Mason |author3=Joab L. Thomas |publisher=University of Alabama Press|year=1983|isbn=081730147X}} It is not a true grass, despite the common name. It is found in the United States on coastal plains from Florida + Alabama to North Carolina.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=279067 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]{{Cite book|page=605|title=Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States: Monocotyledons|volume=1|author=Robert K. Godfrey|author2=Jean W. Wooten|publisher=University of Georgia Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0820342429}}[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Hypoxis%20juncea.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map] The species is a facultative wetland perennial forb.{{Cite web|title=Hypoxis juncea|publisher=Encyclopedia of Life|url=http://eol.org/pages/1001764/hierarchy_entries/46193294/overview|accessdate=April 23, 2014}}