Nemastylis nuttallii, the Nuttall's pleatleaf,[1] Ozark celestial-lily or pine woods lily, is a plant species native to Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma in the south-central United States.[2] Some authors have mistakenly called this species N. coelestina.[3]

Nemastylis nuttallii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Nemastylis
Species:
N. nuttallii
Binomial name
Nemastylis nuttallii

Nemastylis nuttallii is a bulb-forming perennial herb up to 40 cm (3 feet) tall. Stems are usually unbranched. Leaves are very narrow and linear. Flowers are pale blue, opening in the evening.[3][4][5]

References

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  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Nemastylis nuttallii​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. ^ a b Flora of North America, Nemastylis nuttallii
  4. ^ Foster, Robert Crichton. 1945. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 155: 36–38.
  5. ^ Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.