Triteleia grandiflora

Largeflower Tripletlily
Wild Hyacinth
Triteleia grandiflora in Wenas Wildlife Area, Washington
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Brodiaeoideae
Genus: Triteleia
Species: T. grandiflora
Binomial name
Triteleia grandiflora
Lindl.
Synonyms[1]
  • Tulophos grandiflora (Lindl.) Raf.
  • Milla grandiflora (Lindl.) Baker
  • Brodiaea grandiflora (Lindl.) J.F.Macbr. 1918, illegitimate homonym, not Sm. 1811 nor Pursh 1814
  • Brodiaea grandiflora var. major Benth. ex Baker
  • Brodiaea douglasii S.Watson
  • Brodiaea howellii S.Watson
  • Brodiaea bicolor Suksd.
  • Hookera bicolor (Suksd.) Piper
  • Hookera douglasii (S.Watson) Piper
  • Hookera howellii (S.Watson) Piper
  • Triteleia bicolor (Suksd.) A.Heller
  • Brodiaea douglasii var. howellii (S.Watson) M.Peck
  • Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii (S.Watson) Hoover

Triteleia grandiflora is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Largeflower Tripletlily or Wild Hyacinth . It is native to western North America from British Columbia to extreme northern California, eastward into Idaho, Montana and northern Utah, with disjunct populations occurring in Wyoming and Colorado.[2][3] Its habitat includes grassland, sagebrush, woodlands, and forests. It is a perennial herb growing from a corm. It produces two or three basal leaves up to 70 centimeters long by one wide. The inflorescence arises on a smooth, erect stem up to 75 centimeters tall and bears an umbel-like cluster of many flowers. Each flower is a funnel-shaped bloom borne on a pedicel up to 4 or 5 centimeters long. The flower may be up to 3.5 centimeters long including the tubular throat and six tepals each just over a centimeter long. The inner set of three tepals are somewhat ruffled and broader than the outer tepals. The flower corolla may be deep blue to almost white with a darker blue mid-vein. There are six stamens with purple or yellow anthers.

With tubular throat and six tepals, the flower contains six stamens with purple or yellow anthers.

The corm provides food for various wild rodents and livestock, and Native Americans and settlers found them edible as well.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ladyman, J. (2007). Triteleia grandiflora: A technical conservation assessment. US Forest Service.
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map

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