Triteleia clementina is a rare species of flowering plant known by the common name San Clemente Island triteleia.[2] It is endemic to San Clemente Island, one of the Channel Islands of California, where it is known from about twenty occurrences. Its habitat includes moist, rocky, seaside grassland. It is a perennial herb growing from a corm. It produces two or three keeled, lance-shaped leaves up to 100 centimeters long by three wide. The inflorescence arises on an erect stem up to 90 centimeters tall and 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.
| San Clemente Island triteleia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Brodiaeoideae |
| Genus: | Triteleia |
| Species: | T. clementina
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| Binomial name | |
| Triteleia clementina | |
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Brodiaea clementina | |
Although this species is found on only one island, the main threat to its existence, herbivory by feral pigs and goats, has been eliminated.[3]
References edit
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Triteleia clementina". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ^ The Nature Conservancy
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