Trillium cuneatum
Whip-Poor-Will Flower, Cuneate Trillium, Large Toadshade, Purple Toadshade, Bloody Butcher, Sweet Betsy
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Georeference Points from GBIF


Morphology

Scapes16-45 cm long.
Leavessessile.
Blades7-18.5 cm long x 7-13 cm wide.
Flowersessile.
Sepals27-60 mm long x 7-13 mm wide.
Petalsvariously colored, 40-70 mm long x 9-27 mm wide.
Anthers7-14 mm long, with latrorse or, rarely, introrse dehiscence.
Ovary12-15 mm long.
Stigmas4-15 mm long.
Fruit1.9-2.1 cm long x 1.0-1.5 cm wide.

Anthesis

Flowering from early March to mid April.


Distribution

United States: Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.


Reference(s)

Based on F.W. Case, Jr. Trillium in Flora of North America, volume 26. 2002. Oxford University Press.

A full treatment is available for Trillium at www.eFloras.org


Fact Sheet Developed By

Pedro Oñativia Lake © 2007



Trillium cuneatum
Photo by Bill Lea
USDA Forest Service
Trillium cuneatum
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