Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Trillium stamineum
FAMILY
Trilliaceae
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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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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
2808
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: floodplains, slopes, especially over limestone, per Weakley's Flora
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p182
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p168
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p375
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p432
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