Trillium ludovicianum

Trillium ludovicianum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species:
T. ludovicianum
Binomial name
Trillium ludovicianum

Trillium ludovicianum, the Louisiana wakerobin[2] or Louisiana trillium,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is found only in the south-central United States, in Louisiana, Mississippi, and eastern Texas.[4][5][6]

Description

Trillium ludovicianum is a perennial herbaceous plant up to 12 inches (30 cm) tall. Flowers are dark red, purple, or dark green, sometimes with irregular markings. The plant grows in moist woods and floodplains.[7]

Within ten days after the flower opens, the height of the plant (on average) will increase by 50%. In that same period, the length of the petals will almost double.[8]

Taxonomy

Trillium ludovicianum was named and described by the American botanist Thomas Grant Harbison in 1901.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Trillium ludovicianum Harb.". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  2. ^ NRCS. "Trillium ludovicianum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  3. ^ Pistrang, Mark. "Louisiana Trillium (Trillium ludovicianum)". United States Forest Service. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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    "Trillium ludovicianum". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

  5. ^ "Trillium ludovicianum". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  6. ^ Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, Trillium ludovicianum Harbison Louisiana wakerobin, Louisiana trillium
  7. ^ Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium ludovicianum". 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.
  8. ^ Harbison (1901), pp. 23–24.

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