Triteleia lilacina |
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foothill triteleia, glassy wild hyacinth, lilac pretty-face, lilac-flower wild hyacinth |
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Leaves | 10–40 cm × 4–22 mm. |
Scape | 30–60 cm, smooth to scabrous. |
Flowers | 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. |
Triteleia lilacina |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Mar–Jun). |
Habitat | Dry rocky outcrops, volcanic hills and mesas |
Elevation | 100–200 m (300–700 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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Discussion | 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. 345. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Triteleia |
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Synonyms | Brodiaea hyacinthina var. greenei, Brodiaea lilacina, Hesperoscordum lilacinum, T. hyacinthina var. greenei |
Name authority | Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 143. (1886) |
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