Trillium stamineum

Taxobox
name = red trillium

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = flowers and foliage
status = G4
status_system = TNC
status_ref = Cite web
publisher =NatureServe
title = Trillium stamineum
work = NatureServe Explorer
url = http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Trillium+stamineum+
accessdate = 2008-05-02]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Liliales
familia = Melanthiaceae
genus = "Trillium"
species = "T. stamineum"
binomial = "Trillium stamineum"
binomial_authority = Harbison

"Trillium stamineum" (red trillium) is a plant in the trillium family, Melanthiaceae.

Description

"Trillium stamineum", also known as the Blue Ridge wakerobin, is a herbaceous plant with whorled, marbled, simple leaves, on short, green stems. It is found in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. The flowers are dark red (some sources report more chocolate color), borne in spring. [ [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=TRST7 USDA Plants Profile for Trillium stamineum] ] [ [http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/wildflowers/trillium_stamineum.html NC State University listing] ]

Notes

ee also

* Trillium