Trillium
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Trillium is a genus of about fifty flowering plant species in the family Melanthiaceae. Trillium species are native to temperate regions of North America and Asia, with the greatest diversity of speci
Trillium Erectum
Diseased T. grandiflorum with virescent petals, extra petals, and other abnormalities
Trillium grandiflorum (great white trillium)
Ontario trillium emblem on an Ottawa courthouse sign.
Trillium erectum
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Trillium erectum, the red trillium, also known as wake robin, purple trillium, bethroot, or stinking benjamin, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. The plant takes its common n
Trillium
…vs. sessile dichotomy outlined previously. Trillium subgen. Trillium, the Erectum group, is a group of pedicellate-flowered trilliums that includes Trillium erectum. The subgenus was circumscribed as a clade of fourteen (14) species in 2022. Species in this subgenus have pedicellate flowers (on a stalk) with three…
Trillium erectum Stephen's Gulch CA
Red trillium close up, showing detail of ovary and stamens
Composite image showing both red and white color morphs of the flower of Trillium erectum. Note that both morphs have a dark purple gynoecium with contrasting anthers.
Trillium erectum var. album in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (April)