Triteleia Douglas ex Lindley

	Triteleia laxa: stem

brodiaea; cut flower species of Brodiaea Sm. have been transferred to Triteleia but are often still called brodiaea in the trade

brodiaea

Most commonly cultivated

Triteleia laxa Benth.

T. 'Corrina' and T. 'Queen Fabiola' are commonly cultivated hybrids.

Other species

T. californica (=Brodiaea californica Lindl.)

T. hyacinthina (Lindl.) Greene

T. xtubergenii L.W. Lenz¹

Western North America.

Short, leafless scapes, each bearing an umbel of ca. 15-25 flowers; umbel subtended by an involucre of green ensiform bracts; funnel-shaped flowers jointed to erect, 5-8 cm long pedicels; 6 usually connate tepals in 2 whorls of 3 with green midrib on exterior, tepal lobes about equal in length to tube.

Stems short (30 to 66 cm tall); flowers blue, purple, or white, 0.8-5 cm long, usually single, but occasionally double.

Agapanthus, Nerine

Kenya.