Asparagaceae FAMILY

Triteleia grandiflora

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Triteleia grandiflora is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from an underground corm. It produces 1 - 3 grass-like leaves 20 - 70cm long and a flowering scape 20 - 75cm 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 grown as an ornamental in gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWestern N. America - British Columbia and Montana, south to northern California, Idaho and Utah

HabitatDry to moist soils, often in rocky areas, meadows, or open woods of valleys, hills and in mountains; at elevations to 2,700 metres[ 212 Title A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers Publication Author Craighead. J., Craighead. F. and Davis. R. Publisher The Riverside Press Year 1963 ISBN 63-7093 Description Excellent little pocket guide to the area, covering 590 species and often giving details of their uses. ]. Grasslands, sagebrush, pinyon-juniper woodlands, pine forests and hills; at elevations from 100 - 3,000 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. ].