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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
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Revision as of 16:38, 18 April 2020

Photo: Ben Legler 2004

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]

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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