Pseudotrillium

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Pseudotrillium rivale
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Pseudotrillium
S.B. Farmer
Species: P. rivale
Binomial name
Pseudotrillium rivale
(S.Wats.) S. B. Farmer

Pseudotrillium rivale is a species of the Trilliaceae family. It is the only species in the genus Pseudotrillium. P. rivale occurs in the Siskiyou Mountains of Oregon and California, often on soils of ultramafic origin. This spring-flowering herb grows 4-15 cm tall; its single flower has purple spots on its three petals, which are otherwise white.

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