''Triteleia montana'' is a
monocot flowering plant in the genus ''
Triteleia''. Its common names include Sierra triteleia, and mountain triteleia. It is
endemic to
California, where it is limited to the
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada () is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily ...
. It occurs in
coniferous forests on
granite soils.
The Latin
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
''montana'' refers to mountains or coming from mountains.
[Archibald William Smith ]
It is a perennial wildflower growing from a
corm. There are two or three basal leaves measuring up to 30 centimeters long and just a few millimeters wide. The
inflorescence arises on an erect, rough-haired stem up to 25 or 30 centimeters tall. It is an
umbel-like cluster of several flowers each borne on a
pedicel up to 3 centimeters long. The flower is yellow with a dark midvein, and dries purplish. The funnel-shaped corolla is made up of six
tepals up to a centimeter long each. There are six
stamen
The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10
Morphology and terminology
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...
s with white or blue anthers.
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentFlora of North AmericaPhoto gallery
montana
Endemic flora of California
Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Plants described in 1873
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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