Trillium underwoodii

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Trillium underwoodii
Trillium underwoodii flower.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species:
T. underwoodii
Binomial name
Trillium underwoodii
Synonyms[1]
  • Trillium lanceolatum var. rectistamineum R.R.Gates
  • Trillium rectistamineum (R.R.Gates) H.St.John

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[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ "Trillium underwoodii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ^ Small, John Kunkel 1897. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 24(4): 172–173.
  5. ^ 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

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