Trillium persistens explained

Trillium persistens, the persistent trillium, is a North American species of flowering plants in the genus Trillium of family Melanthiaceae (formerly Trilliaceae). The plant is also called the persistent wakerobin.[1] [2]

Persistent trillium is an endangered herbaceous perennial plant that grows to a height of 20–30 cm, with three leaves in a whorl near the top of the stem just below the flower; each leaf is broad lanceolate, 3–9 cm long and 1.5–3.5 cm broad. The white flower has three petals, each petal 2–3.5 cm long and 0.5–1 cm broad.

This plant has a limited range in parts of the United States in the northeastern Georgia and northwestern South Carolina.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=290625 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/637489#page/249/mode/1up Duncan, Wilbur Howard 1971. Rhodora 73(794): 244–248
  3. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Trillium%20persistens.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map