About Androstephium breviflorum S.Watson
Androstephium breviflorum is a perennial herb that grows from a spherical corm. It produces an inflorescence on a stalk (peduncle) up to 30 centimeters tall, which holds up to 12 flowers. Each flower is funnel-shaped, white to light lavender, and measures 1 to 2 centimeters long. This species blooms from March to June. Its fruit is a 3-lobed capsule that is just over one centimeter long.
This monocot is native to deserts in the Western United States. Its range extends west from Wyoming and New Mexico, through the Great Basin and Sonoran Desert, to creosote bush scrub in the Mojave Desert of eastern California. It grows at elevations between 100 and 1,600 meters (330 to 5,250 feet) in sandy to rocky soils of open desert scrub.
