Trillium decumbens
Decumbent Trillium
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Georeference Points from GBIF


Morphology

Scapesterete, 5-20 cm long, hairy.
Leavessessile, dying back to the bases shortly after anthesis.
Blades4-12 cm long x 3.3-7 cm wide, tips acute to obtuse/rounded.
Flowersessile.
Sepals22-48 mm long x 9-14 mm wide.
Petals40-80(-90) mm long x 7-70 mm wide.
Anthers9-20 mm long, dark purple, with extrorse dehiscence.
Ovary5-10 mm long.
Stigmas4.5-8 mm long, white or pink.
Fruitdark purple, 1-1.5 cm long.

Anthesis

Flowering from mid March to April.


Distribution

United States: Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee.


Reference(s)

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

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Fact Sheet Developed By

Pedro Oñativia Lake © 2007



Trillium decumbens
© Dennis D. Horn
University of Tennessee Herbarium
Austin Peay State University
Trillium decumbens
Photo by R.A. Howard
Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution
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