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Foothill Triteleia

Triteleia lilacina

Also called Lilac Flower Wild Hyacinth, Glassy Hyacinth, Glassy Wild Hyacinth, Lilac Prettyface

Foothill Triteleia
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
N. California
Climate
temperate

About

Triteleia lilacina, the foothill triteleia, is a monocot flowering plant in the genus Triteleia.

It is endemic to California, where it is limited to the Central Valley and adjacent Sierra Nevada foothills. It occurs on dry hillsides, especially with volcanic soils.

Other Triteleia plants

Bridges' brodiaea · San Clemente Island triteleia · Yellow triteleia · Dudley's triteleia · Largeflower triteleia · Henderson's triteleia · White brodiaea · Prettyface · Ithuriel's spear · Oak Creek triteleia · Coast Range triteleia · Sierra triteleia

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

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.

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