Triteleia crocea
Triteleia peduncularis
Trinity Mountains pretty face, yellow brodiaea, yellow triteleia
long-ray brodiaea, longray triteleia, marsh tritileia
9–40 cm × 2–10 mm.
20–40 cm × 5–15 mm.
10–30 cm, smooth except weakly scabrous near base.
10–80 cm, smooth.
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, often flushed violet or lilac abaxially, 15–28 mm, tube broadly funnelform-campanulate, acute at base, 7–11 mm, lobes 10–16 mm;
stamens attached alternately at 2 levels, unequal, those of proximal row shorter;
filaments nearly linear, slightly wider at base, 1–1.5 or 2–3 mm, apical appendages absent;
anthers white, 2–4 mm;
ovary bright yellow in flower, equal to stipe;
pedicel 2–10(–18) cm.
= 16.
= 14, 28.
Triteleia crocea
Triteleia peduncularis
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 peduncularis has a wide distribution in the northern California Coast Ranges, but it is usually not common and is quite rare south of San Francisco. The yellow ovary contrasts notably with the white perianth. The long-ascending pedicels are also distinctive. Triteleia ×tubergenii L. W. Lenz is a cultivated amphidiploid hybrid between T. laxa and T. peduncularis (L. W. Lenz 1970).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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