« Previous Day: Eagle tree |
Main
| Next Day: Astragalus racemosus »
Feb 8, 2010: Pandanus tectorius
Feb 9, 2009:
Ludisia discolor
Feb 9, 2007:
Leptospermum rotundifolium
Feb 9, 2006:
Eriophyllum lanatum var. lanatum
July 14, 2006 : Triteleia ixioides
Interested in subscribing? Visit the main Botany Photo of the Day page and fill out the form in the upper right corner!
Keywords: Themidaceae | Triteleia ixioides (Ait. f.) Greene
A nod of appreciation to Dale Hameister (Dale Hameister@Flickr) for sharing today's photograph (original image | via the BPotD Flickr Group Pool). Thank you, Dale!
This California and Oregon native has an interesting common name: prettyface. I have a hard time believing this name was used commonly until the modern era – an alternative common name, golden brodiaea, seems more likely to me to be the “traditional” common name for this taxon.
The Flora of North America page for Triteleia ixioides suggests there are five subspecies, but notes “although readily recognizable as a rule, [the five subspecies] often cannot be separated by constant characters”. I interpret this to mean that any one single feature of the plant cannot reliably be used to distinguish the subspecies. Instead, a combination of morphological features must be taken into account.
Triteleia ixioides is a geophyte, a term used to describe plants which store food underground (in organs such as bulbs, corms, tubers). In the case of Triteleia, the storage organ is a corm, or a thickened underground piece of stem tissue.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at July 14, 2006 12:00 AM
Comments
...or read recent comments on all BPotD Entries
Posted by: Patti Goerdel at July 14, 2006 6:02 AM
Tritelia ixioides - Z7 - RHS Index of Garden Plants, Griffiths
Tritelia ixioides - Z7-10 - A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, Brickell, Cole, Zuk
Posted by: Beverley at July 14, 2006 7:37 AM
Please share your comments about the photograph(s) and accompanying write-up. Telling a story about the subject of the photograph(s) is also much appreciated! If you have a gardening question, the best place to ask is on the UBC Botanical Garden Forums. Thank you!
Post a comment
XML Feeds: Atom | RSS 2.0 | RSS 1.0 | What is RSS? | RSS Tools
Botany Photo of the Day and associated images by UBC Botanical Garden staff are licensed under a Creative Commons License. Images and text by non-UBC contributors are copyright the respective photographers / authors (but often have Creative Commons licenses if contributed via Flickr).
About Botany Photo of the Day | Submit Your Photos via Flickr | Submit Your Photos via UBCBG's Discussion Forums
Botany Photo of the Day is a project of the UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research, located in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada. UBC BGCPR is a department of the Faculty of Land and Food Systems within The University of British Columbia.
Just want to tell you how much I enjoy each beautiful picture. Living in the city leaves me feeling disconnected from the glory of nature. These daily photos make my heart sing!