Hypoxidaceae FAMILY

Hypoxis gerrardii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hypoxis gerrardii is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a corm-like tuber; it produces a cluster of grass-like leaves around 8 - 20cm tall[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is harvested frm the wild for local use as a medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouthern Africa - eastern and northeastern S. Africa

HabitatGrassland; at elevations from 500 - 2,300 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. , 1926 Title Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: keys and diagnostic characters Publication Strelitzia 6; 1-681 Author Retief E. & Herman P.P.J. Publisher National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. Year 1997 ISBN 1-874907-30-7 Description ].