Asparagaceae FAMILY

Triteleia laxa

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Triteleia laxa is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from an underground corm. It produces 1 - 3 grass-like leaves 20 - 40cm long and a flowering scape 10 - 70cm tall[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The corm produces offsets freely, so that eventually a cluster of plants grow together. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. The native N. American people would often harvest the corms in quantity and used to semi-manage the areas where the plant grew in order to ensure a sustainable harvest. The plant is often grown as an ornamental in gardens[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouth-western N. America- California, ?Oregon.

HabitatHeavy soils in many habitats; at elevations up to 1,400 metres[ 71 Title A California Flora. Publication Author Munz P.A. & Keck D.D. Publisher University of California Press; Los Angeles Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent flora but no pictures. Not for the casual reader. ]. Open forests, mixed conifer or foothill woodlands, grasslands on clay soils; at elevations from sea level to 1,500 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].