Trillium decipiens

Trillium decipiens, also known as Chattahoochee River wakerobin[2] or deceiving trillium,[3] is a spring-flowering perennial plant. It occurs mostly near the Chattahoochee River in Alabama, Florida and Georgia.[4][5] Scattered populations are found elsewhere in these three states, all within the Atlantic Coastal Plain or Gulf Coastal Plain. Rich deciduous woods of bluffs, ravines, and alluvial land provide its most favored habitat.

Trillium decipiens
Normal color Trillium decipiens, Jackson Co. FL

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species:
T. decipiens
Binomial name
Trillium decipiens
J. D. Freeman, 1975

Its stemless flower has three purple, brown or green (rarely yellow) petals which stand upright at the junction of the three strikingly mottled leaves. It is one of the earliest trilliums, often starting to bloom in January or February.

Yellow variant of Trillium decipiens, Jackson Co. FL

Bibliography
  • Case, Frederick W.; Case, Roberta B. (1997). Trilliums. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-374-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Freeman, J. D. (1975). "Revision of Trillium subgenus Phyllantherum (Liliaceae)". Brittonia. 27 (1): 1–62. doi:10.2307/2805646. JSTOR 2805646.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References
  1. "Trillium decipiens". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved July 4, 2007.
  2. "Trillium decipiens". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  3. Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium decipiens". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 26. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  4. "Trillium decipiens". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  5. Trillium decipiens Retrieved March 18, 2015.
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