About Triteleia lilacina Greene
Triteleia lilacina is a perennial wildflower that grows from a corm. It produces two or three basal leaves, which can reach up to 40 centimeters long and 2 centimeters wide. An inflorescence grows from an erect stem that can grow up to 60 centimeters tall. The inflorescence forms an umbel-like cluster holding several flowers, with each flower attached to a pedicel up to 5 centimeters long. Each flower is white, somewhat bowl-shaped, and has shiny, glasslike vesicles at its center. The six stamens of the flower bear purplish anthers.
