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Asparagaceae

Largeflower triteleia

Triteleia grandiflora Lindl.

Family
Asparagaceae
Genus
Triteleia

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Largeflower triteleia: Large-flower Triteleia, Douglas' Brodiaea
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
三出花, 蓝无味韭
English
Largeflower triteleia

Synonyms

  • Brodiaea bicolor Suksd.
  • Brodiaea douglasii S.Watson
  • Brodiaea douglasii var. howellii (S.Watson) M.Peck
  • Brodiaea grandiflora (Lindl.) J.F.Macbr.
  • Brodiaea grandiflora var. major Benth. ex Baker
  • Brodiaea howellii S.Watson
  • Hookera bicolor (Suksd.) Piper
  • Hookera douglasii (S.Watson) Piper
  • Hookera howellii (S.Watson) Piper
  • Milla grandiflora (Lindl.) Baker
  • Triteleia bicolor (Suksd.) A.Heller
  • Triteleia grandiflora var. grandiflora
  • Triteleia grandiflora var. howellii (S.Watson) Hoover
  • Triteleia howellii (S.Watson) Greene
  • Tulophos grandiflora (Lindl.) Raf.

Flowers

Flower colour
blue (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: native, 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.