Asparagaceae
Yellow triteleia
Triteleia crocea
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Triteleia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Yellow triteleia
Synonyms
- Brodiaea crocea (Alph.Wood) S.Watson
- Brodiaea crocea var. modesta (H.M.Hall) Munz
- Brodiaea modesta H.M.Hall
- Hookera crocea (Alph.Wood) Kuntze
- Milla crocea (Alph.Wood) Baker
- Seubertia crocea Alph.Wood
- Triteleia crocea var. crocea
- Triteleia crocea var. modesta (H.M.Hall) Hoover
- Triteleia modesta (H.M.Hall) Abrams
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.