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San Clemente Island triteleia

Leaves

30–100 cm × 4–30 mm.

Scape

30–90 cm, smooth.

Flowers

perianth lavender, 16–27 mm, tube funnelform-campanulate, acute at base, 7–12 mm, lobes erect, 9–15 mm;

stamens attached alternately at 2 levels, equal;

filaments triangular, widest at base, 2 mm, apical appendages absent;

anthers purple, 1.5 mm;

ovary white, equal to stipe;

pedicel 3–8 cm.

2n

= 16.

Triteleia clementina

Phenology Flowering spring (Mar–Apr).
Habitat Damp clefts, rocky walls, coastal sage scrub
Elevation 0–200 m (0–700 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

This is the only species of Triteleia occurring on any of the islands off the southern California coast; it is endemic to San Clemente Island.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 26, p. 340.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Triteleia
Sibling taxa
T. bridgesii, T. crocea, T. dudleyi, T. grandiflora, T. hendersonii, T. hyacinthina, T. ixioides, T. laxa, T. lemmoniae, T. lilacina, T. lugens, T. montana, T. peduncularis
Synonyms Brodiaea clementina
Name authority Hoover: Amer. Midl. Naturalist 25: 82. (1941)
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