Triteleia crocea
Triteleia lemmoniae
Trinity Mountains pretty face, yellow brodiaea, yellow triteleia
Lemmon's triteleia, Oak Creek triteleia
9–40 cm × 2–10 mm.
10–40 cm × 2–6 mm.
10–30 cm, smooth except weakly scabrous near base.
8–30 cm, smooth or scabrous near base;
bracts purplish.
perianth bright yellow or pale blue, 12–19 mm, tube attenuate at base, 5–10 mm, lobes widely spreading, striped greenish, 5–11 mm;
stamens attached alternately at 2 levels, unequal, those of proximal row very short;
filaments linear or barely wider at base, 1 or 3 mm, apical appendages absent;
anthers yellow or blue, 1–2 mm;
ovary green, equal to or longer than stipe;
pedicel 0.7–2 cm, usually shorter than perianth.
perianth bright yellow to deep orange, fading to purple, 9–12 mm, tube turbinate, 2.5–3 mm, lobes ascending to slightly spreading, 7–9 mm, 2–3 times longer than tube;
stamens attached at 1 level, equal;
filaments linear, 3 mm, apical appendages absent;
anthers yellow, 2 mm;
ovary 3 times longer than stipe;
pedicel 0.7–2.5 cm.
= 16.
Triteleia crocea
Triteleia lemmoniae
Plants of Triteleia crocea from the Trinity Mountains of northern California differ from others of the species in having pale blue perianths instead of yellow ones, with lobes slightly fringed toward the apex instead of entire. These plants first were assigned to a separate species, and subsequently have been transferred to this one, where clearly they belong. Formal recognition at subspecific rank may prove desirable in future.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Triteleia lemmoniae is the only representative of the genus in Arizona. Molecular data suggest that it is related to T. montana, found in the Sierra Nevada of California (J. C. Pires 2000), and not to the morphologically similar T. hyacinthina (R. F. Hoover 1941).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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