Triteleia ixioides subsp. cookii

(Hoover) L. W. Lenz

Aliso 8: 237. 1975.

Common names: Cook’s triteleia
Endemic
Basionym: Triteleia ixioides var. cookii Hoover Pl. Life 1: 19, plate 2(left). 1955
Synonyms: Brodiaea lutea var. cookii (Hoover) Munz
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 343.

Leaves 1–2, 10–20 cm. Scape 20–25 cm, slightly scabrous. Flowers: perianth white to pale straw-colored, sometimes with darker midvein color extending into distal portion of tepal lobe, tube 6–10 mm, nearly equal to lobes, lobes strongly reflexed, 6–10 mm; short filaments 3 mm, long filaments 4 mm, apical appendages straight or slightly recurved; anthers white; pedicel 1–12 cm. 2n = 14, 28.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Stream sides, wet ravines on serpentine, often near cypresses
Elevation: 0–500 m

Discussion

Subspecies cookii is restricted to San Luis Obispo County and is recognized by its long pedicels and relatively long perianth tube in relation to the length of the perianth lobes.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

cordate +  and linear +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
pointed +  and forked +
J. Chris Pires +
(Hoover) L. W. Lenz +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
triangle +
Triteleia ixioides var. cookii +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
channeled +, keeled +  and lanceolate +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
lanceolate +
tunicate +  and scaly +
Cook’s triteleia +
fibrous-coated +
0–500 m +
adnate +  and distinct +
flattened +  and dilated +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Stream sides, wet ravines on serpentine, often near cypresses +
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 /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
extending +  and darker +
colored +  and green +
2;several +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
white +  and pale straw-colored +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2.7 cm27 mm <br />0.027 m <br />) +
Flowering spring. +
dilated +  and flattened +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
cylindrical +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 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. cookii +
Triteleia ixioides subsp. cookii +
Triteleia ixioides +
subspecies +
connate +  and distinct +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
narrower +
3 +  and 2 +