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Habitat: |
rich woods |
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Plant Height: |
10-30 cm; rhizome thick, stout |
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Flower Color: |
red (maroon) |
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Flower: |
complete; perfect; 3 spreading sepals; 3 narrow, erect petals; 6 stamens; ovary sharply 6-angled, superior; placentation axile |
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Inflorescence: |
sessile, solitary, terminal flower |
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Fruit: |
many-seeded berry |
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Leaves: |
entire; simple; whorls of 3 at apex of stem; short, distinct petiole; elliptic to ovate; mottled above |
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Bloom Time: |
May-June |
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Origins: |
native |
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Other: |
also known as Toadshade Trillium; flowers of this species have slight aroma of dead, decaying animal tissue to attract flies and beetles as pollinators; sepals spreading | |