Trillium gracile
Slender Trillium, Graceful Trillium
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Morphology

Scapes16-35 cm, terete.
Leavessessile.
Blades60-85 mm long x 26-40 mm wide.
Flowersessile.
Sepals20-25 mm long x 4-5 mm wide.
Petals20-40 mm long x 3-8 mm wide, purple or maroon (rarely yellow), not spirally twisted
Anthers10-15 mm long, with introrse dehiscence.
Ovary4-11 mm long, 3-angled.
Stigmas2-4 mm long, distinct.

Anthesis

Flowering during April.


Distribution

United States: Louisiana and Texas.


Reference(s)

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

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Pedro Oñativia Lake © 2007