Triteleia montana |
Triteleia lilacina |
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mountain triteleia, Sierra triteleia, slender triplet lily |
foothill triteleia, glassy wild hyacinth, lilac pretty-face, lilac-flower wild hyacinth |
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Leaves | 10–30 cm × 2–5 mm. |
10–40 cm × 4–22 mm. |
Scape | 5–20(–25) cm, ± scabrous. |
30–60 cm, smooth to scabrous. |
Flowers | 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. |
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. |
= 16. |
Triteleia montana |
Triteleia lilacina |
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Phenology | Flowering summer (Jun–Jul). | Flowering spring (Mar–Jun). |
Habitat | Open montane coniferous forest, gravelly plains, granite ridges | Dry rocky outcrops, volcanic hills and mesas |
Elevation | 1200–3000 m (3900–9800 ft) | 100–200 m (300–700 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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Discussion | 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.) |
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. | FNA vol. 26, p. 345. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Triteleia | Liliaceae > Triteleia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Brodiaea gracilis, Hookera gracilis, T. gracilis | Brodiaea hyacinthina var. greenei, Brodiaea lilacina, Hesperoscordum lilacinum, T. hyacinthina var. greenei |
Name authority | Hoover: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 25: 95. (1941) | Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 143. (1886) |
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