Triteleia ixioides subsp. cookii
Triteleia ixioides subsp. anilina
Cook's triteleia
mountain pretty face, pretty face, Sierra-brodiaea
1–2, 10–20 cm.
1–2, 10–25 cm.
20–25 cm, slightly scabrous.
shorter than 30 cm, smooth or scabrous.
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.
perianth yellow, tube 4–7 mm, much shorter than lobes, lobes widely spreading, 7–12 mm; short filaments 1–2 mm or nearly absent, long filaments 3–3.5 mm, apical appendages straight, spreading, or incurved, short;
anthers usually blue, sometimes cream;
pedicel 1–7 cm.
= 14, 28.
= 10, 14, 40, 42, 50.
Triteleia ixioides subsp. cookii
Triteleia ixioides subsp. anilina
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.)
Subspecies anilina might be considered a reduced, “high-altitude” form of subsp. scabra, but although it reaches an elevation of 3000 meters, it is sometimes found in the chaparral belt as low as 600 meters, while subsp. scabra extends as high as 2200 meters.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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