View source for Hypoxis sessilis

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|accepted_name=Hypoxis sessilis
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl. ed.
|place=2, 1: 439. 1762
|year=1762
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Hypoxis erecta var. aestivalis
|authority=Engelmann & A. Gray
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Hypoxis longii
|authority=Fernald
}}
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Hypoxis;Hypoxis sessilis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Hypoxis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Hypoxis sessilis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 201
|treatment_page=page 203
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>0. 9–5 mm wide, soft, usually stiff, sparsely to densely pubescent. <b>Scape</b> (3–)4–9(–14) cm. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemose, 1(–2)-flowered; proximal 2 flowers, when present, not paired; bracts (2–)3–7(–8) mm. <b>Flowers</b>: tepals (6–)7–10(–13) × 0.9–2.4 mm (chasmogamous flowers), shorter to longer than pedicel, 1.5–2 times as long as ovary; anthers 1.1–2.2 mm; ovary oblanceoloid, (3–)4–5(–6) × 1.5–2.5 mm, densely pilose; pedicel (2–)3–7(–8) mm, equaling or slightly shorter than bracts. <b>Seeds</b> black beneath loose, iridescent, membranous coat, (1.3–)1.4–2 mm, with rounded pebbling.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Mesic to moist pinelands
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.
|discussion=<p>Although there is a strong tendency for summer flowering in <i>Hypoxis sessilis</i>, in the southern part of its range it will flower at any time of year in response to fire or other disturbances.</p>
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name=Hypoxis sessilis
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Hypoxis erecta var. aestivalis;Hypoxis longii
|basionyms=
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Mesic to moist pinelands
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1762
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_347.xml
|genus=Hypoxis
|species=Hypoxis sessilis
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