Trillium sulcatum

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Southern Red Trillium

Conservation status

Apparently Secure (TNC)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species: T. sulcatum
Binomial name
Trillium sulcatum
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Trillium sulcatum, common names: Southern Red Trillium, Barksdale Trillium or Furrowed Wakerobin, is a perennial wildflower which blooms in April and May. Dark reddish in color, it bears its flower on stems above the leaves, with recurved petals. The berry is red.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Trillium sulcatum. NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved on 2008-05-02.
  • Frett, Jeanne (2007). Trilliums at Mt. Cuba Center: A Visitor's Guide. Mt. Cuba Center Inc. ISBN 0-9770848-1-7. 


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