Asparagaceae FAMILY

Triteleia peduncularis

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Triteleia peduncularis 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 - 80cm 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.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeSouth-western N. America - western California.

HabitatLow fields, wet grasslands, vernal streams and pools, closed cone pine forests, mixed evergreens, foothill woodlands, often on serpentine soils; at elevations from sea level to 800 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. ].