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Triteleia ixioides subsp. ixioides
Photo is of parent taxon

golden-brodiaea
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.

Triteleia ixioides subsp. ixioides
Phenology Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat Sandy soil in shade of oaks or pines
Elevation 0–1500 m (0–4900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
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.

(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. cookii, T. ixioides subsp. scabra, T. ixioides subsp. unifolia
Synonyms Brodiaea lutea, Calliprora lutea
Name authority unknown
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