Triteleia grandiflora / Largeflower Tripletlily / Wild Hyacinth. Wenaha River Trail, Blue Mountains, Umatilla NF, Oregon, USA.

Triteleia grandiflora flowers bloom atop a leafless stem along the Wenaha River Trail, in the Blue Mountains, Umatilla National Forest, Oregon, USA. Triteleia grandiflora (Largeflower Tripletlily or Wild Hyacinth) is native to western North America from British Columbia to extreme northern California, eastward into Idaho, Montana and northern Utah, with patches in Wyoming and Colorado. This perennial herb grows from a corm. Each funnel-shaped flower bloom is on a pedicel 4 to 5 centimeters long. The flower may be up to 3.5 centimeters long including the tubular throat and six tepals each just over a centimeter long. The inner set of three tepals are ruffled and broader than the outer tepals. The flower corolla may be deep blue to almost white with a darker blue mid-vein. The six stamens have purple or yellow anthers.

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Triteleia grandiflora flowers bloom atop a leafless stem along the Wenaha River Trail, in the Blue Mountains, Umatilla National Forest, Oregon, USA. Triteleia grandiflora (Largeflower Tripletlily or Wild Hyacinth) is native to western North America from British Columbia to extreme northern California, eastward into Idaho, Montana and northern Utah, with patches in Wyoming and Colorado. This perennial herb grows from a corm. Each funnel-shaped flower bloom is on a pedicel 4 to 5 centimeters long. The flower may be up to 3.5 centimeters long including the tubular throat and six tepals each just over a centimeter long. The inner set of three tepals are ruffled and broader than the outer tepals. The flower corolla may be deep blue to almost white with a darker blue mid-vein. The six stamens have purple or yellow anthers.