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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Triteleia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Triteleia: Brodiaea. The following species, listed under Triteleia, is to be combined with the treatment of Brodiaea in Vol. I, p. 576. B. uniflora, Baker (Triteleia uniflora, Lindl. Milla uniflora, Graham). Spring Star-Flower. Lvs. narrow-linear, 1 ft. or less long: scapes 8 in. or less tall, bearing a bract-like spathe toward the top: fl. 1 (rarely 2), 1 – 1 1/2 in. across, pale lilac or pale blue, with pointed segms. violet-streaked through the center. Argentina. B.R. 1921. B.M. 3327. G. 3:115; 36:610. Gn. 67, p. 203; 68, p. 365. Gt. 61, p. 219. G.W. 15, p. 624. R.H. 1859, pp. 350, 351. Gng. 2:59. Hardy in most of the northern states, although it does not persist long. Grown chiefly as a pot-plant for spring bloom. Var. caerulea, Hort., has porcelain-blue fls. There are other horticultural forms. T. violacea, with "delicate violet fls.," is probably a form of this species rather than the T. violacea, Kunth, a Chilean species. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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