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==Taxonomy==
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* Scientific Name: ''Tritelia hyacinthina'' (Lindl.) Greene
==Description==
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* Family: Asparagaceae.
==Bloom Period==
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* Common Names: fools' onion, hyacinth brodiaea, hyacinth triplet-lily, white brodiaea
==Distribution==
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* Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Brodiaea hyacinthina''
==Habitat==
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* Codon: TRIHYA
==Uses==
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==Propagation==
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[[File:TRIHYA3.jpg|thumb|Photo: Ben Legler 2004, also featured on Main Page]]
==Photo Gallery==
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===Taxonomy===
==References==
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{{Taxobox
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| name =
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| subregnum = Viridiplantae
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| phylum = Tracheophyta
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| subphylum= Spermatophytina
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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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<ref>Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=43098#null</ref>
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===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. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D.,
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& Legler, B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an''
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illustrated manual''. Seattle: University of Washington Press''</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===
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May-August<ref name=":1" />
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===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===
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Sagebrush steppe and grassy, open, and often rocky areas from low to mid-elevations.<ref name=":1" />
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===Uses===
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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===
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<gallery>
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File:TRIHYA4.jpg| 2004 Ben Legler
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File:TRIHYA2.jpg| 2004 Ben Legler
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</gallery>
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===References===
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<references />

Latest revision as of 14:14, 30 June 2021

  • 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

Photo: Ben Legler 2004, also featured on Main Page

Taxonomy

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Viridiplantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Spermatophytina
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Lilianae
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Triteleia Lindl.
Species: Triteleia hyacinthina (Lindl.) Greene

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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 steppe and grassy, open, and often rocky areas from low to mid-elevations.[3]

Uses

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

Photo Gallery

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