Trillium chloropetalum
| Trillium chloropetalum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Melanthiaceae |
| Genus: | Trillium |
| Species: | T. chloropetalum |
| Binomial name | |
| Trillium chloropetalum (Torr.) Howell, 1902 | |
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Synonymy
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Trillium chloropetalum is a California species of spring-flowering perennial plants.[2] Common names: giant wakerobin,[3] common trillium, giant trillium, and sessile trillium. It is found in the Coast Ranges and in the Sierra Nevada foothills from Siskiyou County to Santa Barbara and Madera Counties.[4][5]
Color is variable, often dark red to white. Leaves and flowers that are grouped in threes. It is clump-forming and prefers a shady habitat, since its natural habitat is the woodland floor.[6]
- Varieties[2]
- Trillium chloropetalum var. chloropetalum
- Trillium chloropetalum var. giganteum (Hook. & Arn.) Munz
References
- ↑ "Trillium chloropetalum". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ "Trillium chloropetalum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
- ↑ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Trillium chloropetalum (Torrey) Howell Common trillium, Trillium, giant wakerobin
- ↑ Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 107, Giant trillium, Trillium chloropetalum (Torrey) Howell, Fl. N.W. Amer. 661. 1902.
External links
- Jepson Manual Online Trillium chloropetalum (Torr.) Howell
- Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON) occurrence data and maps for Trillium chloropetalum
- Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON) occurrence data and maps for Trillium chloropetalum chloropetalum
- Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON) occurrence data and maps for Trillium chloropetalum giganteum
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