Ithurial's Spear

      Tritellia laxa


      
[Formerly Brodiaea laxa]. Ithuriel's spear is the most abundant
      and widespread member of the Triteleia genus. Favoring grasslands
      or woodlands throughout the Bay Area, it is also known as grass
      nuts and blooms from April to May. Its stiff, foot-tall stems
      bear large umbels of open trumpet-shaped blossoms of great beauty.
      Many have compared them to the flowers of the garden agapanthus
      or lily-of-the-Nile. Flower size and color varies tremendously:
      some have relatively small deep blue flowers; others large sky-blue
      blossoms. A stunted but deep blue form is often seen along coastal
      bluffs. All forms feature six stamens attached at two different
      levels inside the flower tube.
 
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