Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Trillium sessile
FAMILY
Trilliaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium sessile
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trillium sessile
SYNONYMOUS WITH Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007)
Trillium sessile
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Trillium sessile
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Trillium sessile
COMMON NAME:
Sessile Trillium, Sessile Toadshade, Toad Trillium
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trse2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Trillium sessile
FAMILY
Trilliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium sessile
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trillium sessile
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007)
Trillium sessile
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Trillium sessile
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Trillium sessile
2807
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
A single terminal whorl of 3 leaves
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Spring
Maroon or green
Flowers are sessile.
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Dark greenish-purple
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p182
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p350
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p166
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p375
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p431
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