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Trillium underwoodii

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Species of flowering plant

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

Trillium underwoodii, the longbract wakerobin, is a plant species found only in the southeastern United States (Alabama, Georgia, and northern Florida).

Trillium underwoodii is a perennial herb up to 20 cm tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves are multi-toned, with light, medium and dark splotches. Flowers are foul-smelling, usually deep maroon or purplish red but occasionally yellow.

References

  1. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. NRCS. "Trillium underwoodii". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (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). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

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Taxon identifiers
Trillium underwoodii


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