Trillium ludovicianum
Louisiana Trillium
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Morphology

Scapes14-26 cm, terete.
Leavessessile.
Blades5.3-9.5 cm long x 2.3-5 cm wide.
Flowersessile.
Sepals19-35 mm long x 2.7-4 mm wide.
Petals35-55 mm long x 4-8 mm wide, brownish, maroon, purple, green, or bicolored, not spirally twisted.
Anthers7-20 mm long, with latrorse dehiscence.
Ovary8-9 mm long, hexagonal.
Stigmas3-6 mm long, distinct, light purple.

Anthesis

Flowering from March to 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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Pedro Oñativia Lake © 2007



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