About Triteleia clementina Hoover
Triteleia clementina is a rare species of flowering plant with the common name San Clemente Island triteleia. It is endemic to San Clemente Island, which is one of the Channel Islands of California, and there are only around twenty known occurrences of the species. Its native habitat is moist, rocky, seaside grassland. This species is a perennial herb that grows from a corm. It produces two or three keeled, lance-shaped leaves, which can reach up to 100 centimeters long and 3 centimeters wide. The inflorescence grows from an erect stem that can reach up to 90 centimeters in height, and it bears an umbel-like cluster of many flowers. Each flower is a funnel-shaped lavender or light blue bloom with six lobes, measuring up to 1.5 centimeters long. There are six stamens with purple anthers. Even though the species is only found on one island, the main threat to its survival, herbivory by feral pigs and goats, has been eliminated.
