Trillium underwoodii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species:
T. underwoodii
Binomial name
Trillium underwoodii
Synonyms[1]
  • Trillium lanceolatum var. rectistamineum R.R.Gates
  • Trillium rectistamineum (R.R.Gates) H.St.John

Trillium underwoodii, the longbract wakerobin,[2] is a plant species found only in the southeastern United States (Alabama, Georgia, and northern Florida).[1][3][4]

Trillium underwoodii is a perennial herb up to 20 cm tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves are multi-toned, with light, medium and dark splotches. Flowers are foul-smelling, usually deep maroon or purplish red but occasionally yellow.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trillium underwoodii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Small, John Kunkel 1897. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 24(4): 172–173.
  5. Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium underwoodii". 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.
  • Case, Frederick W. and Case, Roberta B. (1997) Trilliums. ISBN 0-88192-374-5


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