Triteleia ixioides subsp. anilina

(Greene) L. W. Lenz

Aliso 8: 233. 1975.

Common names: Pretty face Sierra-brodiaea
Endemic
Basionym: Calliprora scabra var. anilina Greene Erythea 3: 126. 1895
Synonyms: Brodiaea lutea var. anilina (Greene) Munz Brodiaea scabra var. anilina (Greene) Baker Calliprora anilina (Greene) A. Heller Triteleia anilina (Greene) Hoover Triteleia ixioides var. anilina (Greene) Hoover
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Mentioned on page 343.

Leaves 1–2, 10–25 cm. Scape shorter than 30 cm, smooth or scabrous. Flowers: perianth yellow, tube 4–7 mm, much shorter than lobes, lobes widely spreading, 7–12 mm; short filaments 1–2 mm or nearly absent, long filaments 3–3.5 mm, apical appendages straight, spreading, or incurved, short; anthers usually blue, sometimes cream; pedicel 1–7 cm. 2n = 10, 14, 40, 42, 50.


Phenology: Flowering spring (May–Jul).
Habitat: Coniferous forest edges, often in moist gravel or sand
Elevation: 600–3000 m

Discussion

Subspecies anilina might be considered a reduced, “high-altitude” form of subsp. scabra, but although it reaches an elevation of 3000 meters, it is sometimes found in the chaparral belt as low as 600 meters, while subsp. scabra extends as high as 2200 meters.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"broad" is not a number."entire" is not a number."thicker" is not a number.

50 +, 42 +, 40 +, 14 +  and 10 +
cream +  and blue +
cordate +  and linear +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
incurved +  and spreading +
pointed +  and forked +
J. Chris Pires +
(Greene) L. W. Lenz +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
triangle +
Calliprora scabra var. anilina +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
channeled +, keeled +  and lanceolate +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
lanceolate +
tunicate +  and scaly +
Pretty face +  and Sierra-brodiaea +
fibrous-coated +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
600–3000 m +
adnate +  and distinct +
flattened +  and dilated +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Coniferous forest edges, often in moist gravel or sand +
bracteate +, open +  and umbellate +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
persistent +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
purple +, brown +  and green +
colored +  and green +
2;several +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2.7 cm27 mm <br />0.027 m <br />) +
Flowering spring (May–Jul). +
dilated +  and flattened +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
cylindrical +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (?) +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
rounded +, subglobose +  and ridged +
granulate +
adnate +  and free +
epitepalous +
unequal +
1 +  and several +
3 +  and 1 +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
Brodiaea lutea var. anilina +, Brodiaea scabra var. anilina +, Calliprora anilina +, Triteleia anilina +  and Triteleia ixioides var. anilina +
Triteleia ixioides subsp. anilina +
Triteleia ixioides +
subspecies +
connate +  and distinct +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
narrower +
3 +  and 2 +