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]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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![]() | Androstephium breviflorum S.Watson | pink funnel lily | deserts of Arizona, Utah, southeastern California, southern Nevada, northwestern New Mexico, western Colorado, southern Wyoming |
![]() | Androstephium coeruleum (Scheele) Greene | blue funnel lily | grasslands of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas |
Androstephium | |
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blue funnel lily Androstephium coeruleum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Brodiaeoideae |
Genus: | Androstephium Torr. |
Type species | |
Androstephium violaceum (syn of A. coeruleum) |
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