Triteleia hyacinthina
- TRIHYA3
Photo Ben Legler 2004
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Taxonomy
| 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 |
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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hitchcock, C., Cronquist, Arthur, Giblin, David, Legler, Ben, Zika, Peter F., Olmstead, Richard G., . . . Porcino, Natsuko. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest : An illustrated manual (Second ed.). Seattle: University of Washington Press ; Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.
- ↑ 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
