Flora of Victoria

Leaves 6–18 cm long, 0.5–1.5 mm wide. Inflorescences usually 1–3 per plant. Flowers solitary; perianth lobes narrowly ovate, 7–11 mm long, glabrous externally, or occasionally the sepals with a few scattered scattered thread-like hairs on the abaxial (outer) surface; seeds globular. Flowers Nov.–Jan.

CVU, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, HNF, HSF, MonT, OtP, OtR, SnM, VAlp, VVP, WaP. Also SA, NSW, Tas. Scattered in the west to Portland district, and apparently absent in the northern half of the State. Occurs in grassland and light forest predominantly in the east, ascending to the subalps (e.g. Dargo High Plains), often in seasonally damp sites.

Plants with abaxially hairy sepals have sometimes been confused with H. hygrometrica var. villosisepala, but the anther shape and generally narrower perianth lobes suggest these are better placed with var. hygrometrica. Some populations contain both glabrous and hairy-sepalled forms.

Source: Conran, J.G. (1994). Liliaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Neville Walsh, 2018-11-21

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Lilianae

order Asparagales

family Hypoxidaceae

genus Hypoxis

species Hypoxis hygrometrica Labill.

Higher taxa

variety Hypoxis hygrometrica var. hygrometrica

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Hypoxis hygrometrica var. hygrometrica in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Hypoxis hygrometrica var. hygrometrica in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Glenelg Plain	present	native
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Otway Plain	present	native
Warrnambool Plain	present	native
Central Victorian Uplands	present	native
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	native
East Gippsland Uplands	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	native
Otway Ranges	present	native
Monaro Tablelands	present	native
Victorian Alps	present	native
Snowy Mountains	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania