Hypoxidaceae

Palm-Grass Family

By: George Rogers

A small, variable, herbaceous family of maybe 7 genera and some 150 species, one of the many satellite families surrounding the Liliaceae, and interpreted differently by different taxonomists. Leaves grasslike or lilylike, more or less strap-shaped, sometimes coarse. Flowers on a single stalk rising from the ground (scape); as with most monocots, the flowers 3-parted, often yellow.

Plants listed in the manual include:

Curculigo capitulata