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Common Name: Large-flowered Trillium
Scientific Name: Trillium grandiflorum
Family Name: Liliaceae
Native
Pearson Falls Road
Saluda, North Carolina
April 13, 2002
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The flower of this striking and variable native perennial is on a short stalk or pedicel. The firm, white petals may be up to 2 inches long and turn pink as they age. The plants are 12 - 24 inches tall. This Trillium is restricted to rich woods, usually on basic soils, in the mountains where it may be found at widely scattered localities, often in spectacular colonies. A species of the eastern U.S. April - May [Justice, William S. and Bell, C. Ritchie, Wild Flowers of North Carolina. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 1968]
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Alphabetical Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Family Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z
Genus Listings -- A B C D, E F G H I, J, K L M N, O P Q, R S T U, V W X, Y, Z