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Golden Brodiaea
( Triteleia ixioides )
Triteleia ixioides
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About Golden Brodiaea (Triteleia ixioides)
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Triteleia ixioides
, known as prettyface or golden star, is a monocotyledon flowering plant in the genus Triteleia. It is native to northern and central California and southwestern Oregon, where it can be found in coastal and inland coniferous forests and other habitat. It is a perennial wildflower growing from a corm. It produces one to two basal leaves up to 50 centimeters long by 1. 5 wide. The inflorescence arises on an erect stem up to 80 centimeters tall. It is an umbel-like cluster of several flowers each borne on a pedicel up to 7 centimeters long. The flowers are variable in size, measuring one to nearly three centimeters in length. They are pale to bright yellow, or sometimes purple-tinged white. There are six tepals with darker midveins in shades of green, brown, or purple. The lobes are funnel-shaped and may open flat or somewhat reflexed. The six stamens form a fused tube that protrudes from the corolla; they have broad, flat filaments and whitish, yellowish, or blue anthers. There are about five subspecies:
Triteleia ixioides
subsp. anilina,
Triteleia ixioides
subsp. cookii (Cook's prettyface),
Triteleia ixioides
subsp. ixioides (golden brodiaea),
Triteleia ixioides
subsp. scabra, and
Triteleia ixioides
subsp. unifolia.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Perennial herb
Size
1.3 - 2.6 ft tall
Flower Color
Yellow
Flowering Season
Spring
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture
Moderate - High
Nurseries
Carried by 6
Common uses
Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens
Propagation
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For propagating by seed: No treatment.
Natural Setting
Site Type
Open grassy places, wet meadows
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 8.2" - 92.5", Summer Precipitation: 0.21" - 3.85", Coldest Month: 10.8" - 53.5", Hottest Month: 34.1" - 78.7", Humidity: 0.68" - 28.00", Elevation: 3" - 14090"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Cook's Triteleia, Pretty Face, Prettyface
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Triteleia ixioides
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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