Scientific Name
Trillium sessile
Common Name
Red trillum; Toadshade trillium; Sessile trillium
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
4 to 12 inches
Flower/fruit:
Three narrow, erect petals; .7 to 1.5 inches long; maroon, purplish brown to greenish yellow; stalkless; strong odor
Flowering Season:
Spring
Foliage:
Three stalkless oval to egg-shaped leaves; mottled shades of green
Site:
Rich, moist woods and bottoms
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