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Sabine River wakerobin

Trillium gracile

Also called Graceful Trillium, Slender Trillium, Graceful Wakerobin, Louisiana Trillium, Sabine River Trillium, Slender Wakerobin

Sabine River wakerobin
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0
Family
Melanthiaceae (Melanthi family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
E. Texas to W. Louisiana
Climate
temperate

About

Trillium gracile, commonly known as the Sabine River wakerobin, slender trillium, or graceful trillium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is native to the region along the Sabine River in western Louisiana and eastern Texas. It generally grows in mature pine and hardwood forests, and on riverbanks.

Trillium gracile is a perennial herbaceous plant that spreads by means of underground rhizomes. The stem has 3 bracts in a whorl well above ground, each bract up to 8.5 cm (3.4 inches) long, the blades green mottled with darker green splotches. Flowers are solitary on each scape, purple with a musty-like fragrance.

Other Trillium plants

Giant white wakerobin · Narrowpetal wakerobin · Kamchatka Trillium · Bashful wakerobin · Whip-poor-will flower · Trillium channellii · Giant wakerobin · Wenatchee Mountains Trillium · Little sweet Betsy · Chattahoochee River wakerobin · Trailing wakerobin · Mottled wakerobin

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trillium gracile by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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