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.
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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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| Trillium viridescens Nutt., 1835
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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
edit- Case, Frederick W.; Case, Roberta B. (1997). Trilliums. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-374-2.
References
edit- ^ "Trillium viridescens". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium viridescens". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trillium viridescens". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ "Trillium viridescens". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ Thomas E. Hemmerly (2002). Ozark Wildflowers. University of Georgia Press. p. 114. ISBN 0-8203-2336-5. LCCN 2001047648.
- ^ a b Carl G. Hunter (2000). Wildflowers of Arkansas. Ozark Society Foundation. p. 44. ISBN 9780912456164.
- ^ Nathaniel Lord Britton; Addison Brown (1913). An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 524.
External links
edit- Citizen science observations for Trillium viridescens at iNaturalist
- Stritch, Larry. "Ozark Green Trillium (Trillium viridescens)". United States Forest Service. Retrieved 22 September 2021.