Triteleia laxa
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Height: | ⇕ | 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24. to 30 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30. |
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Width: | ⇔ | 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8. to 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Bloom: | ❀ | early summer, mid summer, late summer |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun, part-sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers |
USDA Zones: | 6 to 9 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | blue, purple, white |
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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 Milton's Paradise Lost.
ExpandRead about Triteleia laxa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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ExpandRead about Triteleia laxa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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