Triteleia Hyacintha
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Triteleia Hyacintha
''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. Taxonomy and systematics The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group's APG III system, 2009 revision placed the genus in family (biology), family Asparagaceae, subfamily Brodiaeoideae (having previously placed treated Brodiaeoideae as a separate family Themidaceae). Other modern authors place it in the family Alliaceae. Both these families are in the order Asparagales. There are currently 16 recognized species in ''Triteleia''. One species, ''Triteleia ixioides'', has five well-defined subspecies. variety (biology), Varieties and subs ...
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Ithuriel's Spear
''Triteleia laxa'' (previously ''Brodiaea laxa'') is a triplet lily known by several common names, including Ithuriel's spear, common triteleia and grassnut. It is native to California where it is a common wildflower, and it is occasionally found in southwestern Oregon. It bears a tall, naked stem topped with a spray of smaller stalks, each ending in a purple or blue flower. The flower is tubular, opening into a sharply six-pointed star. The plant grows from a corm which is edible and similar in taste and use as the potato. The most used common name for the species, Ithuriel's spear, is a reference to the angel Ithuriel from John Milton, Milton's ''Paradise Lost''. Cultivation Hardiness: USDA 6-10 Etymology The genus name ''Triteleia'' is derived from Ancient Greek, Greek and means 'triplicate', a reference to its flower parts, which are in multiples of three. The epithet ''laxa'' means 'open', 'uncrowded', 'distant', 'spreading', or 'lax'.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of ...
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