Hypoxis erecta Linnaeus var. leptocarpa Engelmann & A. Gray; H. hirsuta (Linnaeus) Coville var. leptocarpa (Engelmann & A. Gray) Brackett; H. leptocarpa (Engelmann & A. Gray) Small

Leaves 3–12 mm wide, soft, flexible, glabrous or nearly so. Scape (4–)5–13(–27) cm. Inflorescences racemose, 1–3(–7)-flowered; proximal 2 flowers, when present, not paired; bracts (3–)5–20(–80) mm. Flowers: tepals 4–8(–11) × 0. 5–2.1 mm, 2 or less times longer than pedicel, usually 2 or less times longer than ovary; anthers 1–1.8 mm; ovary cylindric, (2–)3–6(–7) × 1–3 mm, glabrate or sparsely pubescent; pedicel (2–)5–12(–20) mm, usually shorter than bracts. Seeds black, lustrous, 1.2–1.6 mm, coarsely muricate.

Flowering year round. Riverbanks, floodplains; 0--100 m; Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex., Va.

When not in flower, the rosettes of Hypoxis curtissii can be easily mistaken for Cyperus, which grows in the same habitats.