Triteleia lilacina

Greene

Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 143. 1886.

Common names: Lilac-flowered wild hyacinth
Endemic
Synonyms: Brodiaea hyacinthina var. greenei (Hoover) Munz Brodiaea lilacina (Greene) Baker Hesperoscordum lilacinum (Greene) A. Heller ex Abrams Triteleia hyacinthina var. greenei Hoover
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 345. Mentioned on page 339, 342.

Leaves 10–40 cm × 4–22 mm. Scape 30–60 cm, smooth to scabrous. Flowers: perianth white, unstriped, 7–10 mm, tube shallowly bowl-shaped, 2–4 mm, hyaline vescicles present in tube, lobes 7–12 mm, 2–3 times longer than tube; stamens attached at 1 level, equal; filaments linear, 2–4 mm, apical appendages absent; anthers bluish purple or bluish purple-dotted, 1–2 mm; ovary twice as long as stipe; pedicel 0.5–5 cm. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering spring (Mar–Jun).
Habitat: Dry rocky outcrops, volcanic hills and mesas
Elevation: 100–200 m

Discussion

Triteleia lilacina differs from T. hyacinthina in base chromosome number and in that the interior of the perianth tube is covered with hyaline vesicles (making a glassy nectary). In addition, T. lilacina has linear filaments and bluish purple anthers at anthesis, whereas T. hyacinthina tends to have triangular-dilated filaments and whitish to yellow (or rarely blue) anthers at anthesis.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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bluish purple-dotted +  and bluish purple +
cordate +  and linear +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
J. Chris Pires +
Greene +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
triangle +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
channeled +, keeled +  and lanceolate +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
1;several +
lanceolate +
tunicate +  and scaly +
Lilac-flowered wild hyacinth +
fibrous-coated +
100–200 m +
adnate +  and distinct +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
sessile +  and pedicellate +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
loculicidal +
membranaceous +  and leathery +
Dry rocky outcrops, volcanic hills and mesas +
bracteate +, open +  and umbellate +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
persistent +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
2-3 times longer than tube +
usually ascending +  and spreading +
colored +  and green +
2;several +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
unstriped +  and white +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering spring (Mar–Jun). +
dilated +  and flattened +
Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
smooth to scabrous +
cylindrical +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
wind-distributed +
1 +  and many +
rounded +, subglobose +  and ridged +
granulate +
adnate +  and free +
epitepalous +
1 +  and several +
3 +  and 1 +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
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Triteleia lilacina +
Triteleia +
species +
connate +  and distinct +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
bowl--shaped +
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narrower +
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