Biology:Trillium viridescens
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Trillium viridescens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Melanthiaceae |
| Genus: | Trillium |
| Species: | T. viridescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Trillium viridescens Nutt., 1835
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Trillium viridescens, also known as the Ozark trillium[2] or tapertip wakerobin,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is found in parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas , Texas and Louisiana.[4][5] It usually grows in rich deciduous forests and mountain ranges[6] where the soil is clayey and calcareous.
Trillium viridescens is a perennial herbaceous plant that blooms early April to mid May.[2] The flower usually has bi-colored petals, purplish near the base and green above.[7] The species is 2 feet (0.61 m) high.[6]
Bibliography
- Case, Frederick W.; Case, Roberta B. (1997). Trilliums. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-374-2. https://archive.org/details/trilliums00case.
References
- ↑ "Trillium viridescens". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.128502/Trillium_viridescens.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002), "Trillium viridescens", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 26, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242102019
- ↑ "Trillium viridescens". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TRVI5. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ↑ "Trillium viridescens", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Trillium%20viridescens.png, retrieved 7 October 2019
- ↑ Thomas E. Hemmerly (2002). Ozark Wildflowers. University of Georgia Press. p. 114. ISBN 0-8203-2336-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=e9RYix_WHoUC&q=Trillium+viridescens&pg=PA114.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Carl G. Hunter (2000). Wildflowers of Arkansas. Ozark Society Foundation. p. 44. ISBN 9780912456164. https://books.google.com/books?id=TDYDNIAlbPwC&q=Trillium+viridescens&pg=PA44.
- ↑ Nathaniel Lord Britton; Addison Brown (1913). An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 1 (2nd ed.). Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 524. https://books.google.com/books?id=23k0fO-qtA8C&q=Trillium+viridescens&pg=PA524.
External links
- Citizen science observations for Trillium viridescens at iNaturalist
- Stritch, Larry. "Ozark Green Trillium (Trillium viridescens)". United States Forest Service. https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/trillium_viridescens.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q3017566 entry
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