Perennial herb from a short perennial corm-like rhizome with fleshy roots. Leaves several, linear, hairy. Inflorescences several, to about 20 cm. Flowers 1-2, starshaped, spreading; summer to autumn. Tepals to 15 mm long, bright yellow, generally hairy outside. Fruit an edible white berry. Seeds dull black. Syn. Curculigo capitulata (Lour.) Kuntze, C. recurvata Dryand.

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Source: Conran, J. (2005). Hypoxidaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.