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Triteleia hendersonii, native of Oregon, a rare plant found in dry foothill woodland on canyon slopes and rocky hillsides or near serpentine. This one was grown from seed in California, zone 9. This first picture was taken by Bob Rutemoeller and the next two by Mary Sue Ittner in a later year show so many more flowers in the umbel. The last picture was taken by Kristina Van Wert of one flowering in the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens collection
Triteleia hyacinthina is found in areas that are temporarily wet in spring from northwest California and the Cascade Ranges to the Sierra Nevada, Great Central Valley and northern and central portions of central California and all the way to Canada and into Idaho. Pictures of three forms are shown. This first one named 'Dwarf Blue' by the Robinetts has very small flowers tinged blue and is a short early long blooming form. The second is a robust tall form with larger flowers that increase rapidly by offsets. The first two photos were taken by Mary Sue Ittner and the third of a form that is intermediate in height and has white flowers was photographed by Bob Rutemoeller. The last two photos were taken by Kristina Van Wert of ones flowering in the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens collection. The last photo was taken by Mark McDonough. He writes: "In my northern Massachusetts garden, this species is easy and dependable, seeding around moderately. A fully mature bulb is very beautiful, with large full heads of pristine white blooms, and central nerves of blue, green, or aqua. Flowers are mildly fragrant, appearing in mid June-early July. Stems can reach nearly 30" (75 cm)."
The first two photos were taken by Mary Sue Ittner in Merced County in April 2005 where it was growing in an open grassy area along with Brodiaea californica and Calochortus luteus. The second two were taken in Sonoma County in May 2007 in a similar habitat by Bob Rutemoeller along the Mendocino Sonoma Coast.
Triteleia ixioides, commonly know as Golden brodiaea or Pretty Face, was previous known as Brodiaea lutea. It is found in dry conditions in various plant communities from forest margins to scrub in gravely or sandy soils. It has a shallow tube that is much less than the lobes and petals pale straw to yellow in color with gray-green stripes on the front and brown to purple stripes on the back. The distinctive feature of this species is the crown-like ring of forked appendages behind the stamens. The anthers are generally yellow. It blooms May to August. There are four taxa contained within this species.
The one in the link below photographed by Mary Sue Ittner is a late bloomer, short with bright yellow flowers. This one is hard to key to a subspecies.
Triteleia ixioides ssp. anilina. This is a mountain form that emerges in spring and is the last to bloom. It is found in coniferous forest margins and mountain meadows, often in sand or gravel, from the northern Klamath Range to the Sierra Nevada (Oregon to California). In my garden it does not increase much. The first photo was taken by Bob Rutemoeller and the second by Mark McDonough. He writes about his photograph: "growing in my northern Massachusetts garden, this small form of ixioides has only flowered twice in the 4 years I've grown it. This year (2003), perhaps due to constant spring rains, the Brodiaeas and Triteleias budded up well. About 4" tall and has not increased. Upon close inspection, it can be seen that the anthers are blue."
Triteliea ixioides ssp. cookii is a rare plant that occurs in serpentine in seep habitats in the Santa Lucia Range of California. It is white to pale yellow, purple-tinged without and with strongly reflexed lobes and appendages that curl away from the anthers.
Triteleia ixioides ssp. scabra is found in the grasslands and woodlands of the Sierra Nevada foothills of California in heavy to granitic soils. It usually has flat wheels of straw to creamy yellow flowers with broad petal segments, but flowers are occasionally brighter yellow. It blooms earlier than some of the other species (from March to May) and is usually the tallest subspecies (to 32 in. or 80 cm.) Pictures below are of plants grown from wild collected seed. They are very robust and long blooming, tall with bright yellow flowers. The first two photos (#1 & 2) by Bob Rutemoeller shows how many flowers each scape has and the stripes on the back. The next two photos (#3 & 4) are from Kristina Van Wert and the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens collection. The next two photo (#5 & 6) by Mary Sue Ittner shows one in cultivation with the usual pale color. The last photo is taken and grown by Nhu Nguyen.
Photos below all taken by Mary Sue Ittner in April 2005 show this subspecies growing in two habitats. The first two pictures are from grassy areas in Kern County, California and the second two from the Hite's Cove Trail along the Merced River where late in the day it was found growing with various wild flowers including Collinsia heterophylla and Calochortus albus.
Photo of the corms taken by Mary Sue Ittner on a 1 cm. grid.
The one pictured below was sold by the Robinett Bulb Farm is an early blooming one that was grown from seed from the Table Mountain area of California. This plant may have been the form named by Lenz as Triteleia ixioides ssp. unifolia and know as Triteleia unifolia by others. They called it Tritelia ixioides ssp. scabra 'Tiger'. It is a great plant and very long blooming. Photos by Bob Rutemoeller. The first was taken January 26, 2003 when it was just starting to bloom and the second two months later of the same pot. The third photo by Mark McDonough shows it growing in the ground in a colder climate. The last photo below taken by Mary Sue Ittner on Table Mountain of this form blooming in April 2006 that is labeled Tritelia unifolia in the field guide for that area even though this name is not recognized by The Jepson Manual. It is pollinated by butterflies.
Triteleia ixioides 'Starlight' is a cultivar that is most likely a form of Triteleia ixioides ssp. scabra. It has the flat wheels and straw color typical of that species. Photo by John Lonsdale.
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