Trillium gracile

Trillium gracile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Liliales
Family:Melanthiaceae
Genus:Trillium
Species: T. gracile
Binomial name
Trillium gracile
J.D. Freeman
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Trillium gracile f. luteum J.D.Freeman

Trillium gracile, common names Sabine River wakerobin,[3] slender trillium or graceful trillium, is a plant species native to the region along the Sabine River in western Louisiana and eastern Texas. It generally grows in mature pine and hardwood forests, on riverbanks, etc.[4][5][6]

Trillium gracile is a perennial herb spreading by underground rhizomes. The stem has 3 bracts in a whorl well above ground, each bract up to 8.5 cm (3.4 inches) long, the blades green mottled with darker green splotches. Flowers are solitary on each scape, purple with a musty-like fragrance.[4][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos
  2. ↑ The Plant List
  3. ↑ "Trillium gracile". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 Flora of North America v 26 p 110.
  5. ↑ Freeman, John Daniel. Sida 3: 289. 1969-292.
  6. ↑ Dave's Garden Plant Files
  7. ↑ Berg, R. Y. 1958. Seed dispersal, morphology, and phylogeny of Trillium. Skr. Norske Vidensk.-Akad. Oslo, Mat.-Natkurvidensk. Kl. 1958(1): 1–36.
  8. ↑ Case, F. W. and R. B. Case. 1997. Trilliums. Portland. Gates, R. R. 1917b. A systematic study of the North American genus Trillium, its variability and its relation to Paris and Medeola. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 43–92.
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