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Tritelia ''hyacinthina'' (Lindl.) Greene. Family: Asparagaceae. Fools' Onion, Hyacinth Brodiaea, Hyacinth triplet-Lily, White Brodiaea. Codon: TRIHYA
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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{{Taxobox
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| name = Triteleia hyacinthina
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| subregnum = Tracheobionta
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| phylum = Spermatophyta
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| subphylum= Magnoliophyta
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| subclassis = Lilianae
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| ordo = Asparagales
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| familia = Asparagaceae
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| genus = '''''Triteleia Lindl.'''''
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| species = '''''Triteleia hyacinthina (Lindl.) Greene'''''
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| binomial authority =
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}}
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==Description==
 
==Description==
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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
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but keeled beneath, 3-10 mm broad and up to 4 dm long, not withered by
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flowering. Fruit is a three-celled capsule, with a stype nearly as long. <ref name=":0">Hitchcock, C., Cronquist, Arthur,
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Giblin, David, Legler, Ben, Zika, Peter F., Olmstead, Richard G., . . .
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Porcino, Natsuko. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest : An
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illustrated manual'' (Second ed.). Seattle: University of Washington
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Press ; Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.</ref><ref name=":1">WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum,
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& University of Washington. (n.d.). Retrieved from <nowiki>https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Triteleia%20hyacinthina</nowiki></ref>
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==Bloom Period==
 
==Bloom Period==
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May-August<ref name=":1" />
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Southwest BC to coastal California, from coast inland to Idaho and eastern Oregon.<ref name=":0" />
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Sagebrush deserts and grassy, open, and often rocky areas from low to mid-elevations in the mountains.<ref name=":1" />
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==Uses==
 
==Uses==
==Propagation==
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Food and Medicine: Ethnobotanical records of Pomo peoples and other nations eating the corms baked or boiled.<ref>Native American Ethnobotany Database. (n.d.). Retrieved from <nowiki>http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=triteleia</nowiki></ref>
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery>
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File:TRIHYA1.jpg
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File:TRIHYA2.jpg| 2004 Ben Legler
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</gallery>
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==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 21:56, 17 April 2020

Tritelia hyacinthina (Lindl.) Greene. Family: Asparagaceae. Fools' Onion, Hyacinth Brodiaea, Hyacinth triplet-Lily, White Brodiaea. Codon: TRIHYA

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

References

  1. 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. 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