Pasithea caerulea

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An obscure monocot from Chile, got from Cotswold's a few years back. I haven't checked with recent studies but the last I remember was that this species was quite isolated, phylogenetically. It looks a lot like it might be a member of the Anthericaceae (if that family still stands) which I think includes things like Arthropodium, Chlorophytum and Paradisea (and Anthericum of course) but looks are very deceptive in this part of the Monocot family tree.Can anyone give me an update?It's a jolly nice blue incidentally - more intense than this photo suggests, and growing in the very poor dry soil at the foot of the south-facing wall at Pool Meadow. It's been there three years and this is its first flowering.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida
- Streptophyta (streptophytes)
- Embryophytes (land plants)
- Tracheophyta (vascular plants)
- Spermatophytes (seed plants)
- Angiosperms (flowering plants)
- Monocots (Monocotyledons)
- Asparagales (agaves, orchids, irises, and allies)
- Asphodelaceae (asphodel family)
- Pasithea
- Pasithea caerulea (azulillo)
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