Trillium sulcatum

Trillium sulcatum, the furrowed wakerobin,[3] southern red trillium[4] or Barksdale trillium, is a perennial wildflower which blooms in April and May. It is native to southern Appalachian Mountains and nearby areas from West Virginia to Alabama.[5]

Trillium sulcatum

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species:
T. sulcatum
Binomial name
Trillium sulcatum
T.S.Patrick, 1984
Synonyms[2]
  • Trillium sulcatum f. albolutescens T.S.Patrick

Trillium sulcatum bears its dark reddish flowers on stems above the pedicellate leaves, with recurved (bent backwards) petals. The berry is also red.[6][4]

References

  1. "Trillium sulcatum". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved May 2, 2008.
  2. "Trillium sulcatum". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. "Trillium sulcatum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium sulcatum". 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.
  5. "Trillium sulcatum". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  6. Patrick, Thomas S. (1984). "Trillium sulcatum (Liliaceae), a New Species of the Southern Appalachians". Brittonia. New York Botanical Garden. 36 (1): 26–36. doi:10.2307/2806287. JSTOR 2806287. S2CID 85116255.


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