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Asparagaceae

Yellow triteleia

Triteleia crocea (Alph.Wood) Greene

Family
Asparagaceae
Genus
Triteleia

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Yellow triteleia: Triteleia crocea var. crocea at the University of California Botanical Garden , Berkeley, California
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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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

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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.