Trillium gracile, commonly known as the Sabine River wakerobin,[3] slender trillium,[4] or graceful trillium,[5] 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.[6] It generally grows in mature pine and hardwood forests, and on riverbanks.[7][8]

Trillium gracile
Trillium gracile plants in bloom, San Jacinto Co., TX, USA
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species:
T. gracile
Binomial name
Trillium gracile
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Trillium gracile f. luteum J.D.Freeman

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.[4][9][10]

References

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  1. ^ Tropicos
  2. ^ The Plant List
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Trillium gracile​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium gracile". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  5. ^ Stritch, Larry. "Graceful Trillium (Trillium gracile)". United States Forest Service. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Trillium gracile". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  7. ^ Freeman, John Daniel. Sida 3: 289. 1969-292.
  8. ^ Dave's Garden Plant Files
  9. ^ Berg, R. Y. 1958. Seed dispersal, morphology, and phylogeny of Trillium. Skr. Norske Vidensk.-Akad. Oslo, Mat.-Natkurvidensk. Kl. 1958(1): 1–36.
  10. ^ Case, F. W. and R. B. Case. 1997. Trilliums. Portland. Gates, R. R. 1917b. A systematic study of the North American genus Trillium, its variability and its relation to Paris and Medeola. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 43–92.
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