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Trillium viridescens

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Trillium viridescens

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species:
T. viridescens
Binomial name
Trillium viridescens
Nutt., 1835

Trillium viridescens, also known as the Ozark trillium[2] or tapertip wakerobin,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is found in parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Louisiana.[4][5] It usually grows in rich deciduous forests and mountain ranges[6] where the soil is clayey and calcareous.

Trillium viridescens is a perennial herbaceous plant that blooms early April to mid May.[2] The flower usually has bi-colored petals, purplish near the base and green above.[7] The species is 2 feet (0.61 m) high.[6]

Bibliography

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  • Case, Frederick W.; Case, Roberta B. (1997). Trilliums. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-374-2.

References

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  1. ^ "Trillium viridescens". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium viridescens". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  3. ^ NRCS. "Trillium viridescens". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Trillium viridescens". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  5. ^ Thomas E. Hemmerly (2002). Ozark Wildflowers. University of Georgia Press. p. 114. ISBN 0-8203-2336-5. LCCN 2001047648.
  6. ^ a b Carl G. Hunter (2000). Wildflowers of Arkansas. Ozark Society Foundation. p. 44. ISBN 9780912456164.
  7. ^ Nathaniel Lord Britton; Addison Brown (1913). An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 524.
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