Triteleia bridgesii
Triteleia clementina
Bridges' brodiaea, Bridges' triteleia
San Clemente Island triteleia
20–55 cm × 3–10 mm.
30–100 cm × 4–30 mm.
10–60 cm, smooth except sometimes scabrous near base.
30–90 cm, smooth.
perianth lilac, bluish purple, pink, or reddish purple, 27–45 mm, tube strongly attenuate with slender base, 17–25 mm, hyaline vescicles present in tube, lobes abruptly spreading, 10–20 mm, shorter than tube;
stamens attached at 1 level, equal;
filaments triangular, widened toward base, 3–4 mm, apical appendages absent;
anthers bluish, 3.5–4.5 mm;
ovary 1/4–1/3 length of stipe;
pedicel 2–9 cm.
perianth lavender, 16–27 mm, tube funnelform-campanulate, acute at base, 7–12 mm, lobes erect, 9–15 mm;
stamens attached alternately at 2 levels, equal;
filaments triangular, widest at base, 2 mm, apical appendages absent;
anthers purple, 1.5 mm;
ovary white, equal to stipe;
pedicel 3–8 cm.
= 16.
= 16.
Triteleia bridgesii
Triteleia clementina
Triteleia bridgesii is similar to T. laxa and in herbarium specimens can be distinguished only by the stamens. However, in fresh flowers, the perianth lobes of T. bridgesii spread abruptly from the throat of the perianth tube, unlike those of T. laxa, and the flowers of T. bridgesii are erect, while those of T. laxa are oriented horizontally. Triteleia bridgesii flowers a month earlier than T. laxa where they both occur in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The flowers in specimens of T. bridgesii from Humboldt County are unusually long, which accounts for the wide ranges of measurements for the perianth.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Of conservation concern.
This is the only species of Triteleia occurring on any of the islands off the southern California coast; it is endemic to San Clemente Island.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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