Triantha occidentalis subsp. occidentalis

Family: Tofieldiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

western triantha is a California native perennial found in northwestern California, the Cascade Range, and Sierra Nevada Mountains in wet meadows and bogs at elevations below 3,100 meters. Flowering from July to September, this plant produces small spheric to ovoid-cylindric flower clusters with delicate white or pale perianth parts. Growing with slender stems 5 to 20 centimeters tall, it forms compact clusters in moist mountain environments. Its narrow leaves measure 3 to 8 millimeters wide and extend 5 to 20 centimeters in length, with distinctive oblong-ovate perianth segments. The fruit contains generally one reddish-brown seed approximately 0.5 to 1.5 millimeters long.

Habitat: Wet meadows, bogs

Bloom period: Jul-Sep

Elevation: < 3100 m

Bioregions: NW, CaR, SNH

California counties: Mendocino, Tulare, Siskiyou, Butte, El Dorado, Glenn, Lake, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mono, Placer, Sierra, Tuolumne, Del Norte, Fresno, Humboldt, Inyo, Sonoma, Shasta, Trinity, Nevada, Plumas, Lassen, Tehama

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.