Trillium viridescens

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.

Trillium viridescens
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Melanthiaceae
Genus:	Trillium
Species:	T. viridescens
Binomial name
Trillium viridescens Nutt., 1835

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

• Case, Frederick W.; Case, Roberta B. (1997). Trilliums. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-374-2.

References

1. "Trillium viridescens". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. 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.
3. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Trillium viridescens​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
4. "Trillium viridescens". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
5. Thomas E. Hemmerly (2002). Ozark Wildflowers. University of Georgia Press. p. 114. ISBN 0-8203-2336-5. LCCN 2001047648.
6. Carl G. Hunter (2000). Wildflowers of Arkansas. Ozark Society Foundation. p. 44. ISBN 9780912456164.
7. 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

• Citizen science observations for Trillium viridescens at iNaturalist
• Stritch, Larry. "Ozark Green Trillium (Trillium viridescens)". United States Forest Service. Retrieved 22 September 2021.