Yellow Star Grass
Family: Hypoxidaceae (Star
Grass Family)
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Height: 6 inches
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Spread: 3-6 inches
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Bloom Time: May to August
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Bloom: bright yellow 3 sepals and 3
petals
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Light: full sun to
part shade
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Soil: average
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Moisture: moist to
slightly dry conditions
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Use: attracts bees to collect pollen and/or suck nectar (small carpenter bees, digger bees, sweat bees) and hoverflies to feed on pollen; Native Americans used the plant to make a tea that was used
to treat heart conditions and the corm was used to treat ulcers
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Care: low maintenance
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Concerns: no serious
insect or disease problems
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Native to: dry prairies,
savannahs and open woodlands primarily east of the Mississippi
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Notes: can easily be
mistaken for grass when not in bloom; leaves are hairy; plant produces corms
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Supplier: The Flower
Factory
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Teaching Garden
Location & Code: Demonstration Prairie I043
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