Botanical name

Pauridia monophylla

Family

Hypoxidaceae

Common Name

Sterretjie

Synonym (old name)

Spiloxene monophylla
Pauridia monophylla
Pauridia monophylla
Pauridia monophylla
Pauridia monophylla
Pauridia monophylla
Pauridia monophylla

Description

Plants 2-10cm high. Flowering stem often subterranean. Leaf single, spreading, 1.5mm wide, firm, shallowly channelled, margins smooth; flowers bright yellow with pale green reverse, tepals 10-25mm long; bract single, lanceolate, green to whitish, clasping the pedicel towards base.

Habitat

Sandstone slopes

Flower Date

December to April mostly after fire