Trillium decipiens

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Deceiving Trillium
Normal color Trillium decipiens, Jackson Co. FL
Normal color Trillium decipiens, Jackson Co. FL
Conservation status

Vulnerable (TNC)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species: T. decipiens
Binomial name
Trillium decipiens
Yellow variant of Trillium decipiens, Jackson Co. FL
Yellow variant of Trillium decipiens, Jackson Co. FL

Trillium decipiens, also known as Deceiving Trillium, is a spring-flowering perennial plant. It occurs mostly near the Chattahoochee River in Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Scattered populations are found elsewhere in these three states, all within the Atlantic Coastal Plain or Gulf Coastal Plain. Rich deciduous woods of bluffs, ravines, and alluvial land provide its most favored habitat.

Its stemless flower has three purple, brown or green (rarely yellow) petals which stand upright at the junction of the three strikingly mottled leaves. It is one of the earliest trilliums, often starting to bloom in January or February.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Trillium decipiens. NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved on 2007-07-04.