Flora of North America species comparison

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Triteleia lilacina

Triteleia peduncularis

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

long-ray brodiaea, longray triteleia, marsh tritileia
Leaves

10–40 cm × 4–22 mm.

20–40 cm × 5–15 mm.
Scape

30–60 cm, smooth to scabrous.

10–80 cm, smooth.
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 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.
2n

= 16.

= 14, 28.

Triteleia lilacina

Triteleia peduncularis
Phenology Flowering spring (Mar–Jun). Flowering spring (May–Jul).
Habitat Dry rocky outcrops, volcanic hills and mesas Low fields, wet grasslands, vernal streams and pools, closed cone pine forests, mixed evergreens, foothill woodlands, often on serpentine
Elevation 100–200 m (300–700 ft) 0–800 m (0–2600 ft)
Distribution
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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.)

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.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 345. FNA vol. 26, p. 346.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Triteleia Liliaceae > Triteleia
Sibling taxa
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
T. bridgesii, T. clementina, T. crocea, T. dudleyi, T. grandiflora, T. hendersonii, T. hyacinthina, T. ixioides, T. laxa, T. lemmoniae, T. lilacina, T. lugens, T. montana
Synonyms Brodiaea hyacinthina var. greenei, Brodiaea lilacina, Hesperoscordum lilacinum, T. hyacinthina var. greenei Brodiaea peduncularis, Hookera peduncularis, Milla peduncularis
Name authority Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 143. (1886) Lindley: Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 20: under plate 1685. (1835)
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