Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Trillium cernuum
FAMILY
Trilliaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium cernuum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trillium cernuum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Trillium cernuum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Trillium cernuum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-005?:
Trillium cernuum FAMILY Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trillium cernuum
COMMON NAME:
Northern Nodding Trillium
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trce_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Trillium cernuum
FAMILY
Trilliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium cernuum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trillium cernuum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Trillium cernuum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Trillium cernuum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-005?:
Trillium cernuum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trillium cernuum
1543
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist rich woods, seepage edges, damp forests with Fraxinus nigra and Ulmus americana, on mafic or calcareous substrates, per Weakley's Flora
Native: north of the Carolinas
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LEAVES:
Simple
A single terminal whorl of 3 leaves
Leaves sessile to subsessile
FLOWER:
Spring
White
(rarely pink, maroon, or green)
Pedicel 1.5-3cm long
Flowers below the leaves
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
FRUIT:
Summer
Dark red
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p124
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p170
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p019
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p016
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