Trillium cernuum - (image 1 of 4)
Taxonomy
Family: Liliaceae
Habitat
Moist or wet woods.
Associates
Distribution
Range extends farther west than T. erectum or T. grandiflorum but not further south than VA.
Morphology
Herbaceous perennial to 40 cm. Leaves rhombic-ovate, 6-10 cm when in flower, acuminate, narrowed from the middle to an acute base, subsessile. Flower soliary, held below the leaves on a short peduncle; sepals lance-acuminate, about equaling the petals; petals white, 1.5-2.5 cm; ovary white to pale pink, 6-angled.
Notes
Flowers May to June
Wetland indicator: Facultative Wetland
Flowers smaller and much less conspicuous than T. erectum or T. grandiflorum.
References
Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
Swink, F. and G. Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region.
Indiana Academy of Science. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, Illinois.
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