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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium recurvatum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Trillium recurvatum

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

Trillium recurvatum

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

Trillium recurvatum

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

Trillium recurvatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Prairie Trillium, Prairie Wake-robin, Recurved Trillium


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image of Trillium recurvatum, Prairie Trillium, Prairie Wake-robin, Recurved Trillium

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_trre5_001_lvd

        

image of Trillium recurvatum, Prairie Trillium, Prairie Wake-robin, Recurved Trillium

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_trillium_recurvatum_6

April        

image of Trillium recurvatum, Prairie Trillium, Prairie Wake-robin, Recurved Trillium

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_trillium_recurvatum_7

April        

Leaves distinctly petiolate, borne in an ascending manner, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Trillium recurvatum, Prairie Trillium, Prairie Wake-robin, Recurved Trillium

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_trillium_recurvatum_9

April        

Petals 2-3x long as wide, with narrowed bases resembling claws, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Trillium recurvatum, Prairie Trillium, Prairie Wake-robin, Recurved Trillium

David Campbell    mdc_trillium_recurvatum

May    Catawba County    NC

image of Trillium recurvatum, Prairie Trillium, Prairie Wake-robin, Recurved Trillium

David Campbell    mdc_trillium_recurvatum_b

May    Catawba County    NC

image of Trillium recurvatum, Prairie Trillium, Prairie Wake-robin, Recurved Trillium

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmtrec_1

Month Unknown        

Sepals become sharply recurved and extend downward between petioles, 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 recurvatum   FAMILY Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium recurvatum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

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

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1553

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rich soils over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
A single terminal whorl of 3 leaves
Leaves distinctly petioled

FLOWER:
Spring
Maroon or yellow
Flowers are sessile.
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Green to white- and purple-streaked
Berry

 

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