Scientific Name: Rhodohypoxis baurii
Common Name: starflower, red-star
Family Name: Hypoxidaceae
Origin: Africa
Hardiness Zone: Zone 11: (above 4 °C)
Plant Type: Annual
Mature Size: 0.1 - 0.2m x < 0.1m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Mounded
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Bedding plant, Rock garden, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Grass-like, Basal, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Linear, Ciliate
Flowers: Flowers solitary, White, Pink, Red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Oct
Key ID Features:
Small clumping perennial; leaves narrow, linear, hairy; flowers star-shaped, six petals, pink or white.