OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Trillium stamineum   FAMILY Trilliaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium stamineum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Trillium stamineum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Trillium stamineum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Trillium stamineum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Trillium stamineum

 

COMMON NAME:
Twisted Trillium, Helicopter Trillium


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image of Trillium stamineum, Twisted Trillium, Helicopter Trillium

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_trillium_stamineum_2

April        

The narrow, twisted, spreading petals resemble an airplane propeller, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Trillium stamineum   FAMILY Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium stamineum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trillium stamineum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Trillium stamineum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Trillium stamineum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trillium stamineum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2808

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: floodplains, slopes, especially over limestone, per Weakley's Flora

Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
A single terminal whorl of 3 leaves
Leaves sessile

FLOWER:
Spring
Maroon (rarely yellow)
Flowers are sessile.
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Dark purple
Berry

 

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