Triteleia bridgesii
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| image = Triteleia bridgesii.jpg
| status = G4
| status_system = TNC
| status_ref = {{Cite NatureServe|date=6 December 2024|id=2.129816|title=Triteleia bridgesii | NatureServe Explorer|access-date=26 December 2024}}
| taxon = Triteleia bridgesii
| authority = (S.Wats.) Greene
}}
The triplet lily Triteleia bridgesii (previously Brodiaea bridgesii) is known by the common name Bridges' brodiaea.{{PLANTS|id=TRBR7|taxon=Triteleia bridgesii|accessdate=16 December 2015}} It is found in the foothills and low elevation mountains of California and Oregon, often in areas of serpentine soil.
It is an attractive perennial flower often planted as an ornamental. The plant sends up long, erect green stems which branch near the top into several smaller stems which bear the blooms. The flowers are bright purple or lavender, tubular at first and then opening into six-pointed star shapes.
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External links
- {{ITIS |id=505603 |taxon=Triteleia bridgesii}}
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8349,8655,8656 Jepson Manual Treatment]
- [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242102025 Flora of North America]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Triteleia+bridgesii Photo gallery]
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Category:Flora of the Klamath Mountains
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Endemic flora of the United States
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