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long-ray brodiaea, longray triteleia, marsh tritileia

Leaves

20–40 cm × 5–15 mm.

Scape

10–80 cm, smooth.

Flowers

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

= 14, 28.

Triteleia peduncularis

Phenology Flowering spring (May–Jul).
Habitat Low fields, wet grasslands, vernal streams and pools, closed cone pine forests, mixed evergreens, foothill woodlands, often on serpentine
Elevation 0–800 m (0–2600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Discussion

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. 346.
Parent taxa 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. lilacina, T. lugens, T. montana
Synonyms Brodiaea peduncularis, Hookera peduncularis, Milla peduncularis
Name authority Lindley: Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 20: under plate 1685. (1835)
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