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|accepted_name=Alophia drummondii
|accepted_authority=(Graham) R. C. Foster
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. Gray Herb.
|place=155: 34. 1945
|year=1945
}}
|common_names=Propeller flower
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Cypella drummondii
|authority=Graham
|publication_title=Edinburgh New Philos. J.
|publication_place=20: 190. 1836
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Calydorea punctata
|authority=(Herbert) Baker
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Eustylis punctata
|authority=(Herbert) Ravenna
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Eustylis purpurea
|authority=(Herbert) Engelmann & A. Gray
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Gelasine punctata
|authority=Herbert
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Herbertia drummondii
|authority=(Graham) Small
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Nemastylis punctata
|authority=(Herbert) Hemsley
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Nemastylis purpurea
|authority=Herbert
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tigridia buccifera
|authority=S. Watson
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Tigridia purpurea
|authority=(Herbert) Shinners
}}
|hierarchy=Iridaceae;Alophia;Alophia drummondii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Iridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Alophia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Alophia drummondii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 396
|treatment_page=page 398
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>15–45 cm. <b>Bulbs</b> (5–)8–15 mm diam.; tunic dark brown. <b>Stems</b> simple or 2-branched. <b>Leaves</b> 3–6, basal leaves 2–3; blade narrowly lanceolate, ± equaling or slightly exceeding flowers; distalmost cauline blade reduced, often ± bractlike. <b>Rhipidia</b> 2–4-flowered; outer spathe 24–30 mm, inner spathe (30–)35–42 mm. <b>Tepals</b> dark purple; outer broadly ovate, 20–25 × 17–19 mm; inner marked with yellow shortly distal to claw, lanceolate, 16–20 × 10–12 mm; claw spreading, forming shallow cup, dull cream basally, speckled with reddish brown to black, broad; filaments ca. 2 mm wide basally; anthers 6–8 mm; ovary ovoid, 4–5 mm; style branching opposite middle of anthers; pedicel curved at base of ovary. <b>Capsules</b> 15–30 mm. <b>Seeds</b> ovoid, ca. 2.5 × 2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 28.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mostly May–Jul(–Sep).
|habitat=Open woodlands, grassy pastures, often sandy soils
|distribution=Ark.;La.;Okla.;Tex.;Mexico;South America (Guyana).
|discussion=<p>The name <i>Alophia drummondii</i> has been misapplied to <i>Herbertia lahue</i> by several authors. The two genera have frequently been confused with one another nomenclaturally (P. Goldblatt 1975). They are quite different in both vegetative and floral details.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Alophia drummondii
|author=
|authority=(Graham) R. C. Foster
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Calydorea punctata;Eustylis punctata;Eustylis purpurea;Gelasine punctata;Herbertia drummondii;Nemastylis punctata;Nemastylis purpurea;Tigridia buccifera;Tigridia purpurea
|basionyms=Cypella drummondii
|family=Iridaceae
|phenology=Flowering mostly May–Jul(–Sep).
|habitat=Open woodlands, grassy pastures, often sandy soils
|distribution=Ark.;La.;Okla.;Tex.;Mexico;South America (Guyana).
|reference=None
|publication title=Contr. Gray Herb.
|publication year=1945
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_816.xml
|genus=Alophia
|species=Alophia drummondii
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