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Triteleia hendersonii

Triteleia lilacina

Henderson's stars, Henderson's triteleia, yellow tiger-lily

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

15–40 cm × 3–12 mm.

10–40 cm × 4–22 mm.
Scape

10–35 cm, smooth or slightly scabrous near base.

30–60 cm, smooth to scabrous.
Flowers

perianth yellow or white, often tinged or fading blue, 18–26 mm, tube slenderly funnelform, moderately attenuate at base, 6–10 mm, lobes widely spreading, with conspicuous dark purple midvein, 12–16 mm, ca. twice as long as tube;

stamens attached at 1 level, nearly equal;

filaments narrowly subulate, 3–4 mm, apical appendages absent;

anthers blue or sometimes white, 1.5–2 mm;

ovary 1/2 as long as stipe;

pedicel 1.5–4 cm.

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

= 32.

= 16.

Triteleia hendersonii

Triteleia lilacina
Phenology Flowering spring (May–Jul). Flowering spring (Mar–Jun).
Habitat Dry slopes Dry rocky outcrops, volcanic hills and mesas
Elevation 100–3000 m (300–9800 ft) 100–200 m (300–700 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Triteleia hendersonii is common within its restricted range. The plants previously recognized as var. leachiae, or separately as T. leachiae, differ primarily in having a white perianth and are limited to Curry County, Oregon. Intermediates have been found, and further study of this variation is required to determine whether formal recognition of infraspecific taxa is warranted.

(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. 342. FNA vol. 26, p. 345.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Triteleia Liliaceae > Triteleia
Sibling taxa
T. bridgesii, T. clementina, T. crocea, T. dudleyi, T. grandiflora, 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 Brodiaea hendersonii, Brodiaea leachiae, T. hendersonii var. leachiae Brodiaea hyacinthina var. greenei, Brodiaea lilacina, Hesperoscordum lilacinum, T. hyacinthina var. greenei
Name authority Greene: Pittonia 1: 164. (1888) Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 143. (1886)
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