PLANTS Profile for Triteleia laxa (Ithuriel's spear)

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Triteleia laxa Benth.
Ithuriel's spear

Symbol:

TRLA16

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Liliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Brodiaea laxa

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Triteleia laxa Benth.

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Synonyms:
Triteleia laxa Benth.

	BRLA9	Brodiaea laxa (Benth.) S. Watson
	BRLAC	Brodiaea laxa (Benth.) S. Watson var. candida (Greene) Jeps.
	BRLAN	Brodiaea laxa (Benth.) S. Watson var. nimia Jeps.
	BRLAT	Brodiaea laxa (Benth.) S. Watson var. tracyi Jeps.
	TRAN10	Triteleia angustiflora A. Heller

Distribution:
Triteleia laxa Benth.


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USA (CA, OR)

Related Taxa:
Triteleia laxa Benth.

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 15 species in Triteleia

Classification:
Triteleia laxa Benth.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Triteleia Douglas ex Lindl. – triteleia
Species	Triteleia laxa Benth. – Ithuriel's spear

More Accounts and Images:
Triteleia laxa Benth.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43099.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 09/15/2008 11:03 PM MDT