Trillium sessile
Sessile Trillium, Toad Trillium, Toadshade
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Georeference Points from GBIF


Morphology

Scapes8-25 cm, terete.
Leavessessile.
Blades4–10 cm long × 2–8 cm wide, mottled (sometimes only scarcely), mottling fading with age.
Flowersessile.
Sepals9–35 mm long × 4–8 mm wide.
Petals17-35 mm long x 7-20 mm wide, not spirally twisted, maroon, green, or yellowish green.
Anthers9-16 mm long, wih introrse dehiscence.
Ovary4-8.5 mm long, hexagonal.
Stigmas1-5 mm long, distinct.

Anthesis

Flowering from March to early May.


Distribution

United States: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.


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 sessile
© Thomas G. Barnes
University of Kentucky
Trillium sessile
© Thomas G. Barnes
University of Kentucky
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