The flowers will open in the morning but typically wilt in the hot afternoon sun.

[12] The genus name Hypoxis is from the Greek words hypo and oxys, meaning "sharp below", referring to how the seedpods have a tapered base.

[13] H. hirsuta is native in the United States from New Mexico to the west, Texas to the south, the Canadian border to the north, and Maine to the east.

[8] The plant grows in moist to slightly dry habitats such as prairies, savannas, open woodlands, fens, glades, abandoned fields, and lawns.

Soil Moisture • Dry • Average • Low Maintenance Ecoregion Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands Northeastern Coastal Zone Atlantic Coastal Pine Barrens Acadian Plains and Hills Northeastern Highlands [14] Exposure • Sun • Part Shade