Triteleia ixioides subsp. unifolia |
Triteleia ixioides subsp. cookii |
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prettyface |
Cook's triteleia |
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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 |
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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 |
CA; OR |
CA |
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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 344. | FNA vol. 26, p. 343. |
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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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