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Ithuriel's Spear (Triteleia laxa)
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Flower
Pink
Violet
Blue
3 or 6 Petals
Basal
Typical Height
Perennial
CA Endemic
Description
CA Bloom Apr - Jul
Height to 18".
The flower has 6 petal-like
tepals
and 6 blue-tipped
stamens
.
It's often in heavy soil in grasslands and open woods.
CA native.
Endemic
to the
California Floristic Province
.
Brodiaea Family (Themidaceae)
6
stamens
have blue
anthers
. Petal-like
tepals
show a darker central vein.
Flowers stalks are fairly long (to 3"). The similar-looking Blue Dicks has flowers clustered tightly together.
The
inflorescence
is an
umbel
, with flower stalks like the spokes of an umbrella.
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