Triteleia hyacinthina

Triteleia hyacinthina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae;
Subkingdom:	Tracheobionta;
Phylum:	Spermatophyta;
Subphylum:	Magnoliophyta;
Class:	Magnoliopsida;
Subclass:	Lilianae;
Order:	Asparagales;
Family:	Asparagaceae;
Genus:	Triteleia Lindl.;
Species:	Triteleia hyacinthina (Lindl.) Greene;

Photo: Ben Legler 2004

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

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. ^[1]^[2]

Bloom Period

May-August^[2]

Distribution

Southwest BC to coastal California, from coast inland to Idaho and eastern Oregon.^[1]

Habitat

Sagebrush deserts and grassy, open, and often rocky areas from low to mid-elevations in the mountains.^[2]

Uses

Food and Medicine: Ethnobotanical records of Pomo peoples and other nations eating the corms baked or boiled.^[3]

Photo Gallery

2004 Ben Legler
2004 Ben Legler

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Triteleia%20hyacinthina
↑ Native American Ethnobotany Database. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=triteleia

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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

[:1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Triteleia%20hyacinthina

[3] Native American Ethnobotany Database. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=triteleia

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