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Taxon: Dichelostemma capitatum (Benth.) Wood
Family: Liliaceae

Collector: Ries Lindley   130   

Date: 2013-03-17

Locality: United States, Arizona, Pima, Tortolita Mountain Park, NE end of Wild Burro Trail east of road

32.5091  -111.0381 +-30m.  WGS84

Elevation: meters

Verbatim Elevation: 3950

Habitat: Desert grassland

Substrate: Sandy loam from granitic rock, Slope 5-10%, Aspect southwest

Associated Species: Prosopis velutina, Opuntia engelmannii, Ferocactus wislizeni, Juniperus coahuilensis, Isocoma tenuisecta, Acacia greggii, Condalia warnockii, Quercus turbinella, Yucca baccata, Digitaria californica, Sporobolus wrightii, Bouteloua curtipendula, Ericameria laricifolia, Bahia absinthifolia, Lupinus sparsiflorus, Boraginaceae sp.

Description: Erect monocot with blue flowers, 40 cm, with bulb twice as long as wide.

Reproductive Condition: Flowering

Notes: Freqent locally

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Record Id: fe9346a1-5594-4c84-bba5-2d3e57ed6c90

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