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Trillium
Genus of flowering plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Trillium (disambiguation).
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,[3][4] with the greatest diversity of species found in the southern Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern United States.[5][6]
Quick Facts Trillium, Scientific classification ...
Trillium | |
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Trillium erectum (red trillium) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Melanthiaceae |
Tribe: | Parideae |
Genus: | Trillium L. |
Type species | |
Trillium cernuum | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Trillium
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