Trillium underwoodii
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Melanthiaceae |
Genus: | Trillium |
Species: | T. underwoodii
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Trillium underwoodii | |
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Trillium underwoodii, the longbract wakerobin,[2] is a plant species found only in the southeastern United States (Alabama, Georgia, and northern Florida).[1][3][4]
Trillium underwoodii is a perennial herb up to 20 cm tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves are 2-tone, with light and dark splotches. Flowers are foul-smelling, usually deep maroon or purplish red but occasionally yellow.[5]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ "Trillium underwoodii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Small, John Kunkel 1897. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 24(4): 172–173.
- ^ Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium underwoodii". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 26. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- Case, Frederick W. and Case, Roberta B. (1997) Trilliums. ISBN 0-88192-374-5
External links[]
- Citizen science observations for Trillium underwoodii at iNaturalist
- Floridata
- Native Florida Wildflowers
- Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
- Evolution Plants[permanent dead link]
Categories:
- Trillium
- Endemic flora of the United States
- Flora of Alabama
- Flora of Georgia (U.S. state)
- Flora of Florida
- Plants described in 1897
- Taxa named by John Kunkel Small
- Liliales stubs