Persistent_trillium

<i>Trillium persistens</i>

Trillium persistens

Species of flowering plant

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.[2][3]

Quick Facts Persistent trillium, Conservation status ...

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.[4]

This plant has a limited range in parts of the United States in the northeastern Georgia and northwestern South Carolina.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Trillium persistens". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. [3]
    Duncan, Wilbur Howard 1971. Rhodora 73(794): 244–248
  4. [4]
    Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium persistens". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  5. [5]
    Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Persistent trillium, data sheet and photo
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