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foothill triteleia, prettyface

Leaves

1–2, 10–50 cm.

Scape

20–50 cm, usually scabrous.

Flowers

perianth usually straw-colored to pale yellow, tube 3–7 mm, much shorter than lobes, lobes ascending to reflexed, 10–20 mm; short filaments 4–5 mm, long filaments 5–7 mm, apical appendages long, slender, straight to recurved;

anthers cream or yellow, occasionally blue;

pedicel 1–9 cm.

2n

= 10 (11), 16, 24, 32.

Triteleia ixioides subsp. scabra

Phenology Flowering spring (Mar–May, later at higher altitudes).
Habitat Scrub edges, mixed or coniferous forests, foothill woodlands, valley grasslands, in clay and granite soils
Elevation 200–2200 m (700–7200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 344.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Triteleia > Triteleia ixioides
Sibling taxa
T. ixioides subsp. anilina, T. ixioides subsp. cookii, T. ixioides subsp. ixioides, T. ixioides subsp. unifolia
Synonyms Calliprora scabra, Brodiaea ixioides var. scabra, Brodiaea lutea var. scabra, Brodiaea scabra, Calliprora aurantea, T. ixioides var. scabra, T. scabra
Name authority (Greene) L. W. Lenz: Aliso 8: 240. (1975)
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