Dipterostemon
Species of flowering plant / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dipterostemon is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae. Its only species is Dipterostemon capitatus, synonym Dichelostemma capitatum,[1] known by the common names blue dicks, purplehead and brodiaea (alternately spelled brodiea and brodeia[3]), native to the Western United States (particularly Arizona, California, Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico) and northwest Mexico.[4]
Dipterostemon | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Brodiaeoideae |
Genus: | Dipterostemon Rydb.[1] |
Species: | D. capitatus |
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Dipterostemon capitatus | |
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