Trillium underwoodii

Trillium underwoodii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Melanthiaceae
Genus:	Trillium
Species:	T. underwoodii
Binomial name
	Trillium underwoodii; Small
Synonyms[1]
	Trillium lanceolatum var. rectistamineum R.R.Gates; Trillium rectistamineum (R.R.Gates) H.St.John;

Trillium underwoodii, the longbract wakerobin,[2] is a plant species found only in the southeastern United States (Alabama, Georgia, and northern Florida).[1][3][4]

Trillium underwoodii is a perennial herb up to 20 cm tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves are multi-toned, with light, medium and dark splotches. Flowers are foul-smelling, usually deep maroon or purplish red but occasionally yellow.[5]

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trillium underwoodii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Small, John Kunkel 1897. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 24(4): 172–173.
Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium underwoodii". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Case, Frederick W. and Case, Roberta B. (1997) Trilliums. ISBN 0-88192-374-5

External links

Citizen science observations for Trillium underwoodii at iNaturalist
Floridata
Native Florida Wildflowers
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Evolution Plants
Stritch, Larry. "Longbract Trillium (Trillium underwoodii)". United States Forest Service. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
"Trillium underwoodii". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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[c-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trillium underwoodii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

[3] Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

[4] Small, John Kunkel 1897. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 24(4): 172–173.

[FNA_242102015-5] Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium underwoodii". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.