Asparagaceae
Ithuriel's spear
Triteleia laxa
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Triteleia
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Common names
By language (3)
- arz
- تريتيليا لاكسا
- English
- Ithuriel's spear, Spear
- German
- Blaue Triteleie
Synonyms
- Brodiaea candida Baker
- Brodiaea laxa S.Watson
- Brodiaea laxa var. candida (Greene) Jeps.
- Brodiaea laxa var. nimia Jeps.
- Brodiaea laxa var. tracyi Jeps.
- Hookera laxa (Benth.) Kuntze
- Milla laxa (Benth.) Baker
- Milla laxa (Benth.) A.C.Baker
- Seubertia laxa (Benth.) Kunth
- Seubertia obscura Borzí
- Triteleia angustiflora A.Heller
- Triteleia candida Greene
- Tulophos laxa (Benth.) Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.