Blooms: May-August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia south to Oregon, east to Idaho.
Habitat: Sagebrush deserts and grassy, often rocky areas from low to mid-elevations in the mountains.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia south to Oregon, east to Idaho.
Habitat: Sagebrush deserts and grassy, often rocky areas from low to mid-elevations in the mountains.
Species Description:
General: Scapose perennial from a scaly, deep-seated corm.
Leaves: Leaves 1-2, flat but keeled beneath, 3-10 mm. broad and up to 4 dm. long, not withered by flowering.
Flowers: Umbels many-flowered, the pedicels slender, 1-4 cm. long; perianth broadly bell-shaped, 10-16 mm. long, the 6 segments 2-3 times as long as the tube, white to light blue, with prominent bluish-green mid-vein; tepals broadly lanceolate to oblong-obovate, the 2 series much alike; fertile stamens 6, the filaments up to twice as long as the anthers, broadly triangular, wider toward the base.
Fruits: Capsule 3-celled, with a slender stipe nearly as long.
General: Scapose perennial from a scaly, deep-seated corm.
Leaves: Leaves 1-2, flat but keeled beneath, 3-10 mm. broad and up to 4 dm. long, not withered by flowering.
Flowers: Umbels many-flowered, the pedicels slender, 1-4 cm. long; perianth broadly bell-shaped, 10-16 mm. long, the 6 segments 2-3 times as long as the tube, white to light blue, with prominent bluish-green mid-vein; tepals broadly lanceolate to oblong-obovate, the 2 series much alike; fertile stamens 6, the filaments up to twice as long as the anthers, broadly triangular, wider toward the base.
Fruits: Capsule 3-celled, with a slender stipe nearly as long.
Accepted Name:
Triteleia hyacinthina (Lindl.) GreeneSynonyms:
Brodiaea dissimulata M.E. Peck
Brodiaea hyacinthina (Lindl.) Baker
Hesperoscordum hyacinthinum Lindl.
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Brodiaea hyacinthina
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Triteleia hyacinthina specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Triteleia hyacinthina specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Triteleia hyacinthina treatment.
E-Flora BC: Triteleia hyacinthina atlas page.
CalPhotos: Triteleia hyacinthina images.
USDA Plants Database: Triteleia hyacinthina.
Clayton J. Antieau, 1990
Clayton J. Antieau, 1992
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Shaun Hubbard, 2005
Shaun Hubbard, 2005
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2006
Rod Gilbert, 2006
Rod Gilbert, 2006
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