PLANTS Profile for Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. pauciflorum (bluedicks)

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Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood ssp. pauciflorum (Torr.) G. Keator
bluedicks

Symbol:

DICAP

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Liliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood ssp. pauciflorum (Torr.) G. Keator

Brodiaea pulchella var. pauciflora

©G.A. Cooper. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology-Botany. United States, UT, Zion National Park, West Rim Trail. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood ssp. pauciflorum (Torr.) G. Keator

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Synonyms:
Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood ssp. pauciflorum (Torr.) G. Keator

	BRPUP2	Brodiaea pulchella (Salisb.) Greene var. pauciflora (Torr.) Morton
	DIPUP	Dichelostemma pulchellum (Salisb.) A. Heller var. pauciflorum (Torr.) Hoover

Distribution:
Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood ssp. pauciflorum (Torr.) G. Keator


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USA (AZ, CA, NM, NV, UT)

Related Taxa:
Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood ssp. pauciflorum (Torr.) G. Keator

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 6 species in Dichelostemma, 2 subspecies in Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood

Classification:
Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood ssp. pauciflorum (Torr.) G. Keator

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Dichelostemma Kunth – snakelily
Species	Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood – bluedicks
Subspecies	Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood ssp. pauciflorum (Torr.) G. Keator – bluedicks

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood ssp. pauciflorum (Torr.) G. Keator

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
Dichelostemma pulchellum var. pauciflorum
		Salvage restricted

More Accounts and Images:
Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Alph. Wood ssp. pauciflorum (Torr.) G. Keator

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524922.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 09/17/2008 08:58 AM MDT