Triteleia ixioides subsp. ixioides
Common names: Golden-brodiaea
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Brodiaea lutea (Lindley) C. V. Morton Calliprora lutea Lindley
Leaves 1–2, 10–40 cm. Scape 20–80 cm, smooth or scabrous. Flowers: perianth yellow, tube 7–10 mm, much shorter than lobes, lobes spreading, 10–15 mm; short filaments 3 mm, long filaments 4–5.5 mm, apical appendages long, slender, often recurving; anthers cream or yellow, occasionally blue; pedicel 1–7 cm. 2n = 14.
Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Sandy soil in shade of oaks or pines
Elevation: 0–1500 m
Discussion
Subspecies ixioides occurs in coastal California, sometimes on serpentine (San Mateo to San Luis Obispo counties). In the past it hybridized with Triteleia hyacinthina in Monterey to produce T. ×versicolor Hoover, which probably is extinct due to successional changes.
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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curving +
basifixed +
versatile +
recurving +
absent +
conspicuous +
slender +
sheathing +
herbaceous +
triangle +
glabrous +
narrow +
green +
absent +
1;several +
lanceolate +
scarious +
Golden-brodiaea +
solid +
fibrous-coated +
Calif. +
fleshy +
slender +
single +
capsular +
loculicidal +
ovoid +
Present +
simple +
persistent +
spreading +
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equal +
stipitate +
longer +
superior +
anatropous +
2;several +
articulate +
usually longer +
erect +
6-tepaled +
yellow +
connate +
showy +
3-carpellate +
free +
Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. +
1886 +
erect +
scabrous +
cylindrical +
rigid +
granulate-reticulate +
wind-distributed +
black +
pitted +
granulate +
attached +
epitepalous +
fertile +
unequal +
capitate +
distinct +
3-lobed +
Triteleia ixioides subsp. ixioides +
Triteleia ixioides +
subspecies +
absent +
greener +
much shorter +
acute +
equal +
narrower +
scapose +
perennial +
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