Androstephium

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title: "Androstephium" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["asparagaceae-genera", "flora-of-the-united-states", "brodiaeoideae"] description: "Genus of flowering plants" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androstephium" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

|taxon = Androstephium |image = Androstephium coeruleum.jpg |image_caption = blue funnel lily Androstephium coeruleum |authority = Torr. |type_species_authority = 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. It contains two species native to the southwestern and south-central United States.

;Species ::data[format=table]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
[[File:Funnel lily, Androstephium breviflorum (15262274253).jpg	120px]]	Androstephium breviflorum S.Watson	pink funnel lily
[[File:BlueFunnelLily plant.png	120px]]	Androstephium coeruleum (Scheele) Greene	blue funnel lily
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References

References

1. Stevens, P.F.. "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Brodiaeoideae".
2. [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=299128 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
3. [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=101704 Flora of North America, v 26 p 333, ''Androstephium'' Torrey in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 218. 1859. ]
4. [http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Androstephium Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps]

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