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Triteleia ixioides subsp. cookii
Photo is of parent taxon

Cook's triteleia
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.

Triteleia ixioides subsp. cookii
Phenology Flowering spring.
Habitat Stream sides, wet ravines on serpentine, often near cypresses
Elevation 0–500 m (0–1600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
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.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 343.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Triteleia > Triteleia ixioides
Sibling taxa
T. ixioides subsp. anilina, T. ixioides subsp. ixioides, T. ixioides subsp. scabra, T. ixioides subsp. unifolia
Synonyms T. ixioides var. cookii, Brodiaea lutea var. cookii
Name authority (Hoover) L. W. Lenz: Aliso 8: 237. (1975)
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