Nodding trillium facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Nodding trillium |
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Trillium
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cernuum
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Synonymy
Trillium cernuum var. typicum Wherry
Trillium glaucum Raf. Trillium hamosum Raf. Trillium latifolium Raf. Trillium medium Raf. Trillium cernuum f. billingtonii Farw. Trillium cernuum var. declinatum Farw. Trillium cernuum f. walpolei Farw. Trillium cernuum var. macranthum Eames & Wiegand Trillium cernuum f. tangerae Wherry Trillium cernuum var. terrae-novae B.Boivin Trillium cernuum f. lalondei Cay. & J.Cay. Trillium cernuum f. marginatum Cay. & J.Cay. Trillium cernuum f. viride Cay. & J.Cay. |
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Trillium cernuum (nodding trillium, northern nodding trillium, nodding wakerobin, or whip-poor-will flower) is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is the most northerly occurring species of Trillium in North America, occurring as far north as Hudson Bay. Its range extends across Canada, from Saskatchewan in the west to Newfoundland in the east, and as far south as northern Virginia. It occurs on rich, moist soils in both broadleaf and coniferous woodland.
It is a perennial herbaceous plant with one or more unbranched stems 15–60 cm (6–24 in) tall growing from an underground rhizome. The apex of each stem has whorl of three abruptly pointed bracts 4–15 cm (1.6–5.9 in) long and 6–18 cm (2.4–7.1 in) broad, and on strong stems, also a solitary flower hanging below the leaves on a 0.5–3.5 cm (0.20–1.38 in) peduncle. The flower is perfect, with three slender pale green sepals 9–30 mm (0.35–1.18 in) long, three broad white (rarely pink) petals 15–25 mm (0.59–0.98 in) long and 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) broad, six purple stamens, and a solitary pistil; flowering is in late spring to early summer. The fruit is a six-lobed reddish berry up to 3 cm (1.2 in) in diameter, ripening in late summer.
In Ohio, T. cernuum was collected once, in Lake County in 1879. It is now thought to be extirpated from Ohio.
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