Androstephium

Androstephium
blue funnel lily
Androstephium coeruleum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Asparagaceae
Subfamily:Brodiaeoideae
Genus:Androstephium
Torr.
Type species
Androstephium violaceum
(syn of A. coeruleum)

The genus Androstephium is a group of North American plants in the cluster lily subfamily within the asparagus family.[2] It contains two species native to the southwestern and south-central United States.[3][1][4]

Species[3]
  1. Androstephium breviflorum S.Watson - pink funnel lily - deserts of Arizona, Utah, southeastern California, southern Nevada, northwestern New Mexico, western Colorado, southern Wyoming
  2. Androstephium coeruleum (Scheele) Greene - blue funnel lily - grasslands of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas

References

  1. 1 2 Flora of North America, v 26 p 333, Androstephium Torrey in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 218. 1859.
  2. Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Brodiaeoideae
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
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