Pasithea caerulea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asphodelaceae |
Subfamily: | Hemerocallidoideae |
Genus: | Pasithea D.Don |
Species: | P. caerulea
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Binomial name | |
Pasithea caerulea (Ruiz & Pav.) D.Don
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Pasithea caerulea is a species of herb in the family Asphodelaceae.[2] It is native to Peru and Chile in South America[1][3][4] and is the only species in the monotypic genus Pasithea. P. caerulea is the only species of the family that is native to Chile, where it is distributed between the Antofagasta and Los Lagos regions.[5]