Definition of Tellima affinis

1. Noun. California perennial herb cultivated for its racemose white flowers with widely spreading petals; sometimes placed in genus Tellima.

Exact synonyms: Lithophragma Affine, Lithophragma Affinis, Woodland Star
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Lithophragma, Lithophragma

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tellima Affinis

Tejanos
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Jaffa
Teladorsagia davtiani
Telanthera
Telemachus
Telemann
Teleprompter
Telescopium
Teletext
Teletubbies
Teletubby
Telford
Tell el-Amarna
Tellima
Tellima affinis (current term)
Tellima grandiflora
Tellus
Teloogoo
Teloogoos
Telopea
Telopea Oreades
Telopea speciosissima
Telosporidia
Telugu
Temminck's tragopan
Temminck's tragopans
Temnospondyli
Tempe

Literary usage of Tellima affinis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Zoe: A Biological Journal by Townshend Stith Brandegee, Katharine Layne Brandegee (1908)
"Tellima affinis (Gray. Proc. Am. Acad. vi, 534). The most common species in our limits. March—May. 153«. CALLITRICHE SEPULTA Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. xiv, 298. ..."

2. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons, Margaret Warriner Buck (1897)
"Tellima affinis, Bolander. Saxifrage Family. Stems.— Slender; six to twenty inches high. Root-leaves.— Round- reniform; scalloped; rarely an inch across. ..."

3. The Wild Flowers of California, Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1897)
"Tellima affinis, Bolander. Saxifrage Family. Stems.— Slender; six to twenty inches high. Root-leaves. — Round- reniform; scalloped; rarely an inch across. ..."

4. California Plants in Their Homes: A Botanical Reader for Children by Alice Merritt Davidson (1898)
"In collecting in well shaded pieces some herbaceous saxifrages will probably be encountered, Tellima affinis perhaps, or Saxifraga ..."

5. University of California Publications in Botany by University of California, Berkeley (1903)
"Frequent in moist soil throughout the Lower Transition Zone. (Nos. 2260, 2423.) Tellima affinis (Gray) Roland. ..."

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