About Triteleia montana Hoover
Triteleia montana Hoover is a monocot flowering plant in the genus Triteleia. Its common names are Sierra triteleia and mountain triteleia. This species is endemic to California, restricted to the Sierra Nevada, where it grows in coniferous forests on granite soils. The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or originating from mountains. It is a perennial wildflower that grows from a corm. It produces two or three basal leaves that reach up to 30 centimeters in length and only a few millimeters in width. The inflorescence emerges from an erect, rough-haired stem that grows up to 25 to 30 centimeters tall. Flowers are arranged in an umbel-like cluster, with each flower carried on a pedicel up to 3 centimeters long. Each flower is yellow with a dark midvein, and turns purplish as it dries. The funnel-shaped corolla consists of six tepals, each up to one centimeter long. There are six stamens with white or blue anthers.
