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Cook's triteleia

Leaves

usually only 1, relatively short, 10–20 cm.

1–2, 10–20 cm.

Scape

10–30 cm, smooth or slighty scabrous.

20–25 cm, slightly scabrous.

Flowers

perianth dull yellow, sometimes with darker midvein color extending into abaxial portion of perianth, tube 5–7 mm, ca. 1/2 length of lobes, lobes spreading, 9–12 mm; short filaments 2–4 mm, long filaments 3–5 mm, apical appendages short, straight or incurved;

anthers cream or yellow;

pedicel 1–4 cm.

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, 16.

= 14, 28.

Triteleia ixioides subsp. unifolia

Triteleia ixioides subsp. cookii

Phenology Flowering spring. Flowering spring.
Habitat Coniferous forests, in clay and granite soils Stream sides, wet ravines on serpentine, often near cypresses
Elevation 600–2000 m (2000–6600 ft) 0–500 m (0–1600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
[BONAP county map]
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. 344. FNA vol. 26, p. 343.
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. scabra
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 L. W. Lenz: Aliso 8: 243, figs. 15, 25. (1975) (Hoover) L. W. Lenz: Aliso 8: 237. (1975)
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