Burke: Triteleia hendersonii vs. Triteleia hyacinthina

	Triteleia hendersonii	Triteleia hyacinthina
		white brodiaea, fool's-onion, wild hyacinth
Habit		Scapose perennial from a scaly, deep-seated corm.
Leaves		Leaves 1-2, flat but keeled beneath, 3-10 mm. broad and up to 4 dm. long, not withered by flowering.
Flowers		Umbels many-flowered, the pedicels slender, 1-4 cm. long; perianth broadly bell-shaped, 10-16 mm. long, the 6 segments 2-3 times as long as the tube, white to light blue, with prominent bluish-green mid-vein; tepals broadly lanceolate to oblong-obovate, the 2 series much alike; fertile stamens 6, the filaments up to twice as long as the anthers, broadly triangular, wider toward the base.
Fruits		Capsule 3-celled, with a slender stipe nearly as long.

	Triteleia hendersonii	Triteleia hyacinthina
Flowering time		May-August
Habitat		Sagebrush deserts and grassy, often rocky areas from low to middle elevations in the mountains.
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Idaho. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin		Native
Conservation status		Not of concern
Sibling taxa	T. grandiflora, T. hyacinthina	T. grandiflora
Web links	Local floras: CA, OR Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Triteleia hendersonii

Triteleia hyacinthina

white brodiaea, fool's-onion, wild hyacinth

Habit

Scapose perennial from a scaly, deep-seated corm.

Leaves

Leaves 1-2, flat but keeled beneath, 3-10 mm. broad and up to 4 dm. long, not withered by flowering.

Flowers

Umbels many-flowered, the pedicels slender, 1-4 cm. long;

perianth broadly bell-shaped, 10-16 mm. long, the 6 segments 2-3 times as long as the tube, white to light blue, with prominent bluish-green mid-vein;

tepals broadly lanceolate to oblong-obovate, the 2 series much alike;

fertile stamens 6, the filaments up to twice as long as the anthers, broadly triangular, wider toward the base.

Fruits

Capsule 3-celled, with a slender stipe nearly as long.