Trillium recurvatum - (image 1 of 6)
Taxonomy
Family: Liliaceae
Habitat
Woodlands. Survives in pastures and other degraded habitats
Associates
Distribution
Western Ontario and southern MI, southern WI, and eastern IA, south to AL, LA, and eastern TX.
Morphology
Herbaceous perennial from a long, slender rhizome. Leaves with a petiole 1-2 cm, the blade elliptic to ovate or subrotund, acute or short-acuminate, mottled. Flower solitary, sessile; sepals lance-triangular, often reflexed at anthesis, 2-2.5 cm; petals maroon, erect or incurved, 2-3 cm, slenderly clawed, lanceolate to ovate, acute or short-acuminate; ovary 6-winged.
Notes
Flowers mid April to mid June
Wetland indicator: Facultative Upland -
Easy to grow, often forming colonies. Also called Prairie Trillium.
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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