Asparagaceae
White brodiaea
Triteleia hyacinthina
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Triteleia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 白无味韭, 野风信子
- English
- White brodiaea
Synonyms
- Allium lacteum (Lindl.) Benth.
- Allium tilingii Regel
- Brodiaea dissimulata M.Peck
- Brodiaea grandiflora Pursh
- Brodiaea grandiflora var. macrantha Torr. ex Durand
- Brodiaea hyacinthina (Lindl.) Baker
- Brodiaea hyacinthina var. lactea Baker
- Brodiaea hyacinthina var. lilacina (S.Watson) Jeps.
- Brodiaea lactea S.Watson
- Brodiaea lactea var. lilacina S.Watson
- Brodiaea lactea var. major Purdy
- Hesperoscordum hyacinthium Lindl.
- Hesperoscordum lacteum Lindl.
- Hesperoscordum lewisii Hook.
- Hookera hyacinthina (Lindl.) Kuntze
- Hookera hyacinthina var. lactea (Lindl.) Jeps.
- Milla hyacinthina (Lindl.) Baker
- Milla hyacinthina var. lactea (Lindl.) Baker
- Scaduakintos umbellaris Raf.
- Triteleia lactea (Lindl.) Davidson & Moxley
- Veatchia crystallina Kellogg
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![White brodiaea: 紫燈花屬 Triteleia hyacinthina [溫哥華植物園 VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/%E7%B4%AB%E7%87%88%E8%8A%B1%E5%B1%AC_Triteleia_hyacinthina_-%E6%BA%AB%E5%93%A5%E8%8F%AF%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_VanDusen_Botanical_Garden%2C_Vancouver-_%289200950574%29.jpg/1280px-%E7%B4%AB%E7%87%88%E8%8A%B1%E5%B1%AC_Triteleia_hyacinthina_-%E6%BA%AB%E5%93%A5%E8%8F%AF%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_VanDusen_Botanical_Garden%2C_Vancouver-_%289200950574%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.