| Persistent trillium | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically Imperiled (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Melanthiaceae |
| Genus: | Trillium |
| Species: | T. persistens |
| Binomial name | |
| Trillium persistens Duncan, 1971 | |
Trillium persistens, the persistent trillium, is a North American species of flowering plants in the genus Trillium of family Melanthiaceae (formerly Trilliaceae). The plant is also called the persistent wakerobin.
Persistent trillium is an endangered herbaceous perennial plant that grows to a height of 20–30 cm, with three leaves in a whorl near the top of the stem just below the flower; each leaf is broad lanceolate, 3–9 cm long and 1.5–3.5 cm broad. The white flower has three petals, each petal 2–3.5 cm long and 0.5–1 cm broad.
This plant has a limited range in parts of the United States in the northeastern Georgia and northwestern South Carolina.
References
- "Trillium persistens". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Duncan, Wilbur Howard 1971. Rhodora 73(794): 244–248
- Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium persistens". 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.
- Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
External links
- Citizen science observations for Trillium persistens at iNaturalist
- Persistent trillium information, Fish and Wildlife Service
- Pistrang, Mark. "Persistent Trillium (Trillium persistens)". United States Forest Service. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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| Trillium persistens |
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