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Triteleia bridgesii
Bridges' brodiaea is a perennial bulbous flower from the foothills and low mountains of California and Oregon, often on serpentine soil, and it is grown as an ornamental for its purple or lavender star-shaped blooms. It needs full sun, good drainage and a dry summer rest.
The triplet lily Triteleia bridgesii (previously Brodiaea bridgesii) is known by the common name Bridges' brodiaea. It is found in the foothills and low elevation mountains of California and Oregon, often in areas of serpentine soil.
It is an attractive perennial flower often planted as an ornamental. The plant sends up long, erect green stems which branch near the top into several smaller stems which bear the blooms. The flowers are bright purple or lavender, tubular at first and then opening into six-pointed star shapes.
San Clemente Island triteleia · Yellow triteleia · Dudley's triteleia · Largeflower triteleia · Henderson's triteleia · White brodiaea · Prettyface · Ithuriel's spear · Oak Creek triteleia · Foothill Triteleia · Coast Range triteleia · Sierra triteleia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Triteleia bridgesii 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.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
