''Triteleia peduncularis'' is a monocot flowering plant in the genus '' Triteleia''. Its common names include long-ray brodiaea and longray triteleia. It is endemic to California, where it occurs in the coastal and inland mountain ranges of the northern and central sections of the state. It grows in vernally moist habitat such as meadows, grassland, and vernal pools, often in areas with

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s. It is a perennial wildflower growing from a corm. There are two or three basal leaves measuring up to long and wide. The inflorescence arises on a smooth, erect stem up to tall. It is an umbel-like cluster of several flowers which are borne on very long, straight pedicels measuring up to long. Each funnel-shaped flower is white, often tinged purple, with six tepals up to in length. 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 anthers, and the

ovary The ovary is an organ in the female reproductive system that produces an ovum. When released, this travels down the fallopian tube into the uterus, where it may become fertilized by a sperm. There is an ovary () found on each side of the body. ...

at the center is yellow when the flower is young.

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peduncularis Endemic flora of California Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Asparagaceae-stub