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Triplet lily

Triteleia

Also called Triplet Lilies

Triplet lily
Photo: First Light (talk), CC BY 3.0

Triplet lilies are a genus of 16 bulb-forming perennials native to western North America, most common in California. Commonly grown members such as Triteleia laxa and Triteleia ixioides are valued for their star-shaped flowers and are grown from corms in sunny, free-draining spots.

Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while growing in spring, then keep dry once the foliage dies back in summer.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil, a gritty mix in containers.
Temperature
10–25 °C; hardy to about -10 °C when dry in winter.
How easy
Easy

About

Triteleia is a genus of monocotyledon flowering plants also known as triplet lilies. The 16 species are native to western North America, from British Columbia south to California and east to Wyoming and Arizona, with one species in northwestern Mexico. However, they are most common in California. They are perennial plants growing from a fibrous corm roughly spherical in shape. They get their name from the fact that all parts of their flowers come in threes.

Other Triteleia plants

Largeflower triteleia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Triteleia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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