Trillium foetidissimum
Stinking Trillium, Fetid Trillium
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Morphology

Scapes8-28 cm long, terete.
Leavessessile.
Blades6.7-12 cm long x 3.8-6 cm wide, tips obtuse to acute.
Flowersessile.
Sepals16-40 mm long x 4-6 mm wide.
Petals20-50 mm long x 3-5 mm wide.
Anthers8-15 mm long, with introrse dehiscence.
Ovary5-12 mm long.
Stigmasdark purple.

Anthesis

Flowering from February to early April.


Distribution

United States: Louisiana and Mississippi.


Reference(s)

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

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