Trillium vaseyi

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

Description

This great species, of the south-east of the United States resembles the red Trille. It flowers at the end of spring in the fresh forests and along the rivers. The flower with pleasant odor, from 6 to 13 cm in diameter to broad petals dark red, is carried by a slightly bent stalk. The sheets rhomboïdes are acuminate. The fruit is a dark red bay.

Surface of distribution

Mountains of Carolines, of Tennessee, of Georgia and Alabama.

Others

In English his name is Sweet trillium .

External bonds

Sources

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

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