Triteleiopsis palmeri (S.Watson) Hoover

Corms straw-colored, 1–2 cm diam., young cormlets 3–6 mm, freely dividing within old corm coat and in leaf axils. Leaves 3–10, 15–30 cm × 3–20 mm wide at base. Flowers: perianth tube 9–10 mm, lobes 7–8 mm, alternating with transverse perianth appendages, having no apparent connection with stamens; filaments erect, adnate to perianth tube and forming internal ridges at tube base, terete, 5–7 mm, papillose, apex slender.

It is a warm temperate or subtropical plant. It is an arid plant.