Trillium maculatum Rafinesque. Subgenus: Sessilia. Common name: Mottled Trillium, Spotted Trillium. Phenology: Jan-Mar (-mid Apr). Habitat: Rich forests and floodplains, over calcareous materials such as coquina limestone ("marl") or on shell middens. Distribution: S. SC south to n. FL, west to sc. AL
ID notes: Petals maroon or yellow.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, K4, NS, POWO, WH3, Case & Case (1997), Freeman (1975), Patrick (1986), Patrick (2007); < Trillium sessile L. — S, misapplied; < Trillium viride L.C.Beck — RAB, misapplied. Basionym: Trillium maculatum Raf. 1830
Links to other floras: = Trillium maculatum - FNA26
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Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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© Alan Cressler: Trillium maculatum, Wolf Creek Preserve, Grady County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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© Alan Cressler: Trillium maculatum, Wolf Creek Preserve, Grady County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of rich forests and floodplains, over calcareous materials such as coquina limestone (marl) or on shell middens.
Stems: Stems stout, unbranched, green to reddish-green, smooth.
Leaves: Leaves 3 in a whorl at top of stem, sessile, broadly oval, 3-6 in. long, with dark and light green mottling, smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flower solitary at top of stem in center of leaf whorl; sessile; maroon or yellow; 1 1/2-2 3/4 in. long; consisting of 3 erect narrow petals that are tapered at the base, 3 spreading narrow, green or maroon sepals, 6 dark maroon anthers and a dark purple ovary.
Fruits: Fruit a dark purple, 3-celled, fleshy capsule resembling a berry.
Comments: Flower with a spicy-fruity fragrance.
Height: 5-16 in.
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description: Erect perennial of rich forests and floodplains, over calcareous materials such as coquina limestone (marl) or on shell middens.
stems: Stems stout, unbranched, green to reddish-green, smooth.
leaves: Leaves 3 in a whorl at top of stem, sessile, broadly oval, 3-6 in. long, with dark and light green mottling, smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flower solitary at top of stem in center of leaf whorl; sessile; maroon or yellow; 1 1/2-2 3/4 in. long; consisting of 3 erect narrow petals that are tapered at the base, 3 spreading narrow, green or maroon sepals, 6 dark maroon anthers and a dark purple ovary.
fruits: Fruit a dark purple, 3-celled, fleshy capsule resembling a berry.
comments: Flower with a spicy-fruity fragrance.
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