Biology:Trillium discolor
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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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. discolor
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| Trillium discolor Wray ex Hook.
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Trillium discolor, the mottled wakerobin,[4] pale yellow trillium, or small yellow toadshade,[5] is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is native to areas of the Savannah River drainage system of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina[6] such as Steven's Creek Heritage Preserve and Lake Keowee. It is found along moist stream banks in upland woods, on acidic to basic soils.[7]
Description
Trillium discolor is a perennial herbaceous plant that blooms mid April to early May. It has a flower with pale yellow petals that stand upright at the junction of the three leaf-like bracts.[5]
Bibliography
- Case, Frederick W.; Case, Roberta B. (1997). Trilliums. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-374-2. https://archive.org/details/trilliums00case.
- Freeman, J. D. (1975). "Revision of Trillium subgenus Phyllantherum (Liliaceae)". Brittonia 27 (1): 1–62. doi:10.2307/2805646.
References
- ↑ by Samuel Curtis and William Jackson Hooker, published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, volume 58, Plate 3097
- ↑ "Trillium discolor". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.131323/Trillium_discolor.
- ↑ "Trillium discolor". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=290636.
- ↑ "Trillium discolor". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TRDI5. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002), "Trillium discolor", 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=242101990
- ↑ "Trillium discolor", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Trillium%20discolor.png, retrieved 7 October 2019
- ↑ Stritch, Larry. "Mottled Wakerobin (Trillium discolor)". United States Forest Service. https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/trillium_discolor.shtml.
External links
- Citizen science observations for Trillium discolor at iNaturalist
- Images from the U.S. National Herbarium Plant Image Collection
- Lake Keowee Reserve
- Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON) occurrence data and maps for Trillium discolor
Wikidata ☰ Q3017588 entry
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