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Triteleia ixioides subsp. scabra

Triteleia ixioides subsp. anilina
Photo is of parent taxon

foothill triteleia, prettyface
Photo is of parent taxon

mountain pretty face, pretty face, Sierra-brodiaea
Leaves

1–2, 10–50 cm.

1–2, 10–25 cm.
Scape

20–50 cm, usually scabrous.

shorter than 30 cm, smooth or 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.

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.
2n

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

= 10, 14, 40, 42, 50. 

Triteleia ixioides subsp. scabra

Triteleia ixioides subsp. anilina
Phenology Flowering spring (Mar–May, later at higher altitudes). Flowering spring (May–Jul).
Habitat Scrub edges, mixed or coniferous forests, foothill woodlands, valley grasslands, in clay and granite soils Coniferous forest edges, often in moist gravel or sand
Elevation 200–2200 m (700–7200 ft) 600–3000 m (2000–9800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
CA; OR
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

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.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 344. FNA vol. 26.
Parent taxa Liliaceae > Triteleia > Triteleia ixioides Liliaceae > Triteleia > Triteleia ixioides
Sibling taxa
T. ixioides subsp. anilina, T. ixioides subsp. cookii, T. ixioides subsp. ixioides, T. ixioides subsp. unifolia
T. ixioides subsp. cookii, T. ixioides subsp. ixioides, T. ixioides subsp. scabra, 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 Calliprora scabra var. anilina, Brodiaea lutea var. anilina, Brodiaea scabra var. anilina, Calliprora anilina, T. anilina, T. ixioides var. anilina
Name authority (Greene) L. W. Lenz: Aliso 8: 240. (1975) (Greene) L. W. Lenz: Aliso 8: 233. (1975)
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