Biology:Trillium persistens
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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. persistens
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| Binomial name | |
| Trillium persistens Duncan, 1971
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Trillium persistens, the persistent trillium, is a North American species of flowering plants in the genus Trillium of family Melanthiaceae (formerly Trilliaceae). The plant is also called the persistent wakerobin.[1][2]
Persistent trillium is an endangered herbaceous perennial plant that grows to a height of 20–30 cm, with three leaves in a whorl near the top of the stem just below the flower; each leaf is broad lanceolate, 3–9 cm long and 1.5–3.5 cm broad. The white flower has three petals, each petal 2–3.5 cm long and 0.5–1 cm broad.[3]
This plant has a limited range in parts of the United States in the northeastern Georgia and northwestern South Carolina.[4]
References
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Duncan, Wilbur Howard 1971. Rhodora 73(794): 244–248
- ↑ Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002), "Trillium persistens", 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=242102004
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
External links
- Citizen science observations for Trillium persistens at iNaturalist
- Persistent trillium information, Fish and Wildlife Service
- United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
- Pistrang, Mark. "Persistent Trillium (Trillium persistens)". United States Forest Service. https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/trillium_persistens.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q3024461 entry
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