Difference between revisions of "Triteleia hyacinthina"

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• Scientific Name: Tritelia hyacinthina (Lindl.) Greene
• Family: Asparagaceae.
• Common Names: fools' onion, hyacinth brodiaea, hyacinth triplet-lily, white brodiaea
• Synonyms/Misapplications: Brodiaea hyacinthina
• Codon: TRIHYA

Taxonomy

^[1]

Description

Scapose herbs growing from fibrous corms. 6 tepals alike. Flowers few to many in an open, bracteate umbel, perianth 6-16mm, connate up to half the length. white or tinged with blue, the tube shallowly bowl-shaped, lobes with a narrow green midvein. Stamens 6, anthers pale yellow, rarely blue, filaments triangular, confluent at their bases. Leaves 1-2, flat but keeled beneath, 3-10 mm broad and up to 4 dm long, not withered by flowering. Fruit is a three-celled capsule, with a stype nearly as long. ^[2][3]

Bloom Period

May-August^[3]

Distribution

Southwest BC to coastal California, from coast inland to Idaho and eastern Oregon.^[2]

Habitat

Sagebrush deserts and grassy, open, and often rocky areas from low to mid-elevations in the mountains.^[3]

Uses

Food and Medicine: Ethnobotanical records of Pomo peoples and other nations eating the corms baked or boiled.^[4]

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References

1. ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=43098#null
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Triteleia%20hyacinthina
4. ↑ Native American Ethnobotany Database. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=triteleia