Trillium ludovicianum is a herbaceous, long-lived and rhizomateuse plant of the family of the Liliaceae (traditional Classification) or Melanthiaceae (Classification APG II, 2003).

Description

This plant of the south-east of the United States flowers in spring in the forests of slope along the rivers. The petals from 3 to 5 cm are green, purple or two-tone. The sheets ovals-lancéolées have spots often very decorative. The fruit is a purple bay.

Surface of distribution

Center of the Mississippi and Louisiana.

External bonds

Sources

• Frederick W. Box, Jr. & Roberta B. Box, Trilliums , Timber Close, 1997 ISBN 0-88192-374-5

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