Flora of North America species comparison

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Triteleia crocea

Triteleia lilacina

Trinity Mountains pretty face, yellow brodiaea, yellow triteleia

foothill triteleia, glassy wild hyacinth, lilac pretty-face, lilac-flower wild hyacinth
Leaves

9–40 cm × 2–10 mm.

10–40 cm × 4–22 mm.
Scape

10–30 cm, smooth except weakly scabrous near base.

30–60 cm, smooth to scabrous.
Flowers

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 white, unstriped, 7–10 mm, tube shallowly bowl-shaped, 2–4 mm, hyaline vescicles present in tube, lobes 7–12 mm, 2–3 times longer than tube;

stamens attached at 1 level, equal;

filaments linear, 2–4 mm, apical appendages absent;

anthers bluish purple or bluish purple-dotted, 1–2 mm;

ovary twice as long as stipe;

pedicel 0.5–5 cm.
2n

= 16.

= 16.

Triteleia crocea

Triteleia lilacina
Phenology Flowering spring (May–Jun). Flowering spring (Mar–Jun).
Habitat Open conifer/yellow pine forests, dry slopes Dry rocky outcrops, volcanic hills and mesas
Elevation 1200–2200 m (3900–7200 ft) 100–200 m (300–700 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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from FNA
CA
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Discussion

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 lilacina differs from T. hyacinthina in base chromosome number and in that the interior of the perianth tube is covered with hyaline vesicles (making a glassy nectary). In addition, T. lilacina has linear filaments and bluish purple anthers at anthesis, whereas T. hyacinthina tends to have triangular-dilated filaments and whitish to yellow (or rarely blue) anthers at anthesis.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 340. FNA vol. 26, p. 345.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Triteleia Liliaceae > Triteleia
Sibling taxa
T. bridgesii, T. clementina, T. dudleyi, T. grandiflora, T. hendersonii, T. hyacinthina, T. ixioides, T. laxa, T. lemmoniae, T. lilacina, T. lugens, T. montana, T. peduncularis
T. bridgesii, T. clementina, T. crocea, T. dudleyi, T. grandiflora, T. hendersonii, T. hyacinthina, T. ixioides, T. laxa, T. lemmoniae, T. lugens, T. montana, T. peduncularis
Synonyms Seubertia crocea, Brodiaea crocea, Brodiaea crocea var. modesta, Brodiaea modesta, Hookera crocea, Milla crocea, T. crocea var. modesta, T. modesta Brodiaea hyacinthina var. greenei, Brodiaea lilacina, Hesperoscordum lilacinum, T. hyacinthina var. greenei
Name authority (Alph. Wood) Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 141. (1886) Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 143. (1886)
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