''Pasithea '' is a genus of herbs in the family
Asphodelaceae, subfamily
Hemerocallidoideae,
[Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards)]
"Hemerocallidoideae"
''Angiosperm Phylogeny Website''. Retrieved 2016-06-10. first described as a genus in 1832. It contains only one known species, ''Pasithea caerulea'', native to
Peru and
Chile in
South America.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
/ref>[Braco, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru: 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.]
References
Hemerocallidoideae
Flora of South America
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