Triteleia lilacina |
Triteleia montana |
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foothill triteleia, glassy wild hyacinth, lilac pretty-face, lilac-flower wild hyacinth |
mountain triteleia, Sierra triteleia, slender triplet lily |
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Leaves | 10–40 cm × 4–22 mm. |
10–30 cm × 2–5 mm. |
Scape | 30–60 cm, smooth to scabrous. |
5–20(–25) cm, ± 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. |
perianth yellow, aging purple, 12–17 mm, tube slender, narrowly funnelform, attenuate at base, 4–7 mm, lobes somewhat spreading, with brown midvein, 8–10 mm, ca. twice as long as tube; stamens attached at 1 level, equal; filaments linear, 5–6 mm, more than 1/2 as long as perianth lobes, apical appendages absent; anthers cream or blue, 1–1.5 mm; ovary equal to stipe; pedicel 0.5–3 cm. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Triteleia lilacina |
Triteleia montana |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Mar–Jun). | Flowering summer (Jun–Jul). |
Habitat | Dry rocky outcrops, volcanic hills and mesas | Open montane coniferous forest, gravelly plains, granite ridges |
Elevation | 100–200 m (300–700 ft) | 1200–3000 m (3900–9800 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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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.) |
Locally rather plentiful, Triteleia montana appears to have a disjunct distribution in the Sierra Nevada range north and south from Yosemite, though future collections may bridge the gap between the distributions currently indicated. Molecular data suggest that it is related to T. lemmoniae of Arizona (J. C. Pires 2000). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 345. | FNA vol. 26, p. 345. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Triteleia | Liliaceae > Triteleia |
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Synonyms | Brodiaea hyacinthina var. greenei, Brodiaea lilacina, Hesperoscordum lilacinum, T. hyacinthina var. greenei | Brodiaea gracilis, Hookera gracilis, T. gracilis |
Name authority | Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 143. (1886) | Hoover: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 25: 95. (1941) |
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