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Trillium
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Also known as Tri flower, Birthroot, Birthwort, Wakerobin

Trillium (trillium, wakerobin, toadshade, tri flower, birthroot, birthwort, and sometimes "wood lily") is a genus of about fifty flowering plant species in the family Melanthiaceae. Trillium species are native to temperate regions of North America and Asia, with the greatest diversity of species found in the southern Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern United States.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderLiliales
  5. FamilyMelanthiaceae
Native toIllinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota
Observations recorded266,110

General: , Wisconsin, and Nebraska. Description Trillium nivale grows only Common Name: Snow trillium

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,068
With media
1,069
Family
Melanthiaceae
Collections
MICH, NY, US, MO, USF, UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Recorded in
Russia, United States, China, United Kingdom

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Encyclopedic overview

26 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Taxonomy
  • Subdivisions
  • Subgenus ''Trillium''
  • Subgenus ''Callipetalon''
  • Subgenus ''Delostylis''
  • Subgenus ''Sessilia''
  • Ungrouped taxa
  • Other taxa
  • Distribution
  • North America
  • Canada
  • United States
  • Other
  • Asia
  • Identification
  • Ecology
  • Hybrids
  • Disease
  • Conservation
  • Medicinal uses
  • Culture
  • Gallery
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Trillium (trillium, wakerobin, toadshade, tri flower, birthroot, birthwort, and sometimes "wood lily") is a genus of about fifty flowering plant species in the family Melanthiaceae. Trillium species are native to temperate regions of North America and Asia, with the greatest diversity of species found in the southern Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern United States.

==Description==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Trillium” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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