Trillium recurvatum
Prairie Trillium, Toadshade, Bloody Noses
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Georeference Points from GBIF


Morphology

Scapes15-48 cm long, terete.
Leavespetiolate.
Blades6-18 cm long x 2.5-6.5 cm wide, mottled, fading with age.
Flowersessile.
Sepals18-35 mm long x 6-18 mm wide.
Petals18-48 mm long x 9-20 mm wide, purple to dark maroon to yellow, sometimes bicolored, not spirally twisted.
Anthers5-16 mm long, with introrse dehiscence.
Ovary7-10 mm long.
Stigmas4-6 mm long, distinct.

Anthesis

Flowering from late March through May.


Distribution

United States: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.


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 recurvatum
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