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'''''Triteleia laxa''''' (previously ''Brodiaea laxa'') is a [[triplet lily]] known by several common names, including '''Ithuriel's spear''' and '''grassnut'''. It is native to California where it is a common wildflower, and it is occasionally found in 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]]''. {{Inc| Brodiaea candida, Baker (Triteleia candida, Greene). Much like B. laxa in character of bloom, but fls. only 6-10, and segms. white or bluish with a green vein, and the fls. set at an angle on the pedicel, so that they all face one way: further distinguished by early flowering and the very broad and glossy, scarcely carinate Lvs. Calif. }} {{Inc| Brodiaea laxa, Wats. Strong plant, 1-2 ft.: Lvs. linear: fls. many, broadly tubular, purple; tube very narrow, and exceeding the segms. ; filaments very slender; stamens in 2 rows. N. Calif.—Showy, and one of the best. There are many variations. }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> File:Triteleia laxa.jpg Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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