Trillium sulcatum
Southern Red Trillium, Barksdale Trillium
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Georeference Points from GBIF


Morphology

Scapes30-70 cm, terete.
Leavessubsessile.
Blades13-20 cm long x 8-22 cm wide.
Flowerpedicellate.
Sepals15-38 mm long x 9-15 mm wide.
Petals18-50 mm long x 10-30 mm wide, purple, maroon, or red (rarely creamy, yellowish, white, pink, or bicolored).
Anthers5-12 mm long, with introrse dehiscence.
Ovary14-18 mm long, hexagonal.
Stigmas2-5 mm long, distinct.

Anthesis

Flowering from April to May.


Distribution

United States:Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, 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



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