Trillium persistens

Taxobox | name = Persistent Trillium

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image_caption = Persistent Trillium, "Trillium persistens"
image_width = 240px
status = G1
status_system = TNC
status_ref = Cite web
publisher =NatureServe
title = Trillium persistens
work = NatureServe Explorer
url = http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Trillium+persistens+
accessdate = 2008-05-02]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Liliales
familia = Melanthiaceae
genus = "Trillium"
species = "T. persistens"
binomial = "Trillium persistens"
binomial_authority = W.H.Duncan

The Persistent Trillium ("Trillium persistens") is a flowering plant in the genus "Trillium" of family Melanthiaceae (formerly Trilliaceae). The plant is also called the "persistent wakerobin".

Persistent Trillium is an endangered herbaceous perennial plant that grows to a height of 20–30 cm, with three leaves in a whorl near the top of the stem just below the flower; each leaf is broad lanceolate, 3–9 cm long and 1.5–3.5 cm broad. The white flower has three petals, each petal 2–3.5 cm long and 0.5–1 cm broad.

This plant has a limited range in parts of the United States in the states of Georgia and South Carolina.

References

External links

* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242102004 Flora of North America: "Trillium persistens"]
* [http://endangered.fws.gov/i/q/saq0e.html Persistent trillium information, Fish and Wildlife Service]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=TRPE7 USDA information]
* [http://www.gsrcorp.com/tes/TRPE7/trpe7_text.html brief description with information]
* [http://utc.usu.edu/factsheets/trillium/trillium_persistens/trillium_persistens.htm "Trillium persistens" Fact Sheet]