Triteleia ixioides

Golden brodiaea

Family: Themidaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Golden brodiaea is a California native perennial found in varied bioregions across open grasslands and oak woodlands at elevations of 10 to 1,500 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces straw-colored or gold-yellow flowers with white and purple undertones, typically 12 to 27 millimeters long with distinctive ascending to reflexed lobes. Growing with tall scapes 10 to 80 centimeters high, it emerges from slender underground bulbs with smooth stems that are occasionally rough near the base. Its leaves are linear and narrow, typically 1 to 2 per plant, measuring 10 to 50 centimeters long and 3 to 15 millimeters wide. The flower's stamens are uniquely arranged with forked, pointed appendages and white, cream, yellow, or blue anthers that cluster close to the pistil.

California counties: Fresno, Monterey, Kern, San Benito, El Dorado, Tulare, Plumas, Nevada, Santa Cruz, Colusa, San Luis Obispo, Mono, Los Angeles, Tuolumne, Butte, Madera, Placer, Amador, Sierra, Yuba, Mariposa, Siskiyou, Alpine, Calaveras, San Mateo, Yolo, Shasta

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