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Triteleia montana
Also called Mountain Triteleia
Sierra triteleia is a small native bulb-forming wildflower from the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, grown for its yellow flowers. Its key needs are a sunny, well-drained spot and a dry rest period in summer.
Triteleia montana is a monocot flowering plant in the genus Triteleia. Its common names include Sierra triteleia, and mountain triteleia. It is endemic to California, where it is limited to the Sierra Nevada. It occurs in coniferous forests on granite soils.
The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.
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 · Foothill Triteleia · Coast Range triteleia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Triteleia montana 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.
