Trillium ludovicianum
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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Trillium ludovicianum, the Louisiana wakerobin{{PLANTS|id=TRLU2|taxon=Trillium ludovicianum|accessdate=15 December 2015}} or Louisiana trillium,{{cite web |last1=Pistrang |first1=Mark |title=Louisiana Trillium (Trillium ludovicianum) |url=https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/trillium_ludovicianum.shtml |publisher=United States Forest Service |access-date=7 October 2019}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is found only in the south-central United States, in Louisiana, Mississippi, and eastern Texas.{{WCSP |290435 |Trillium ludovicianum}}{{BONAP |genus=Trillium |species=ludovicianum |date=2014 |access-date=3 October 2019}}[http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=TRLU2 Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, University of Texas, Trillium ludovicianum Harbison Louisiana wakerobin, Louisiana trillium]
Description
Trillium ludovicianum is a perennial herbaceous plant up to 12 inches (30 cm) tall. Flowers are dark red, purple, or dark green, sometimes with irregular markings. The plant grows in moist woods and floodplains.{{eFloras |1 |242101998 |Trillium ludovicianum |volume=26 |last=Case Jr. |first=Frederick W.}}
Within ten days after the flower opens, the height of the plant (on average) will increase by 50%. In that same period, the length of the petals will almost double.{{sfnp|Harbison|1901|loc=[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42992472#page/29/mode/1up pp. 23–24]}}
Taxonomy
Trillium ludovicianum was named and described by the American botanist Thomas Grant Harbison in 1901.{{r|IPNI:258343-2}}
References
Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Case |first1=Frederick W. |last2=Case |first2=Roberta B. |year=1997 |title=Trilliums |location=Portland, Oregon |publisher=Timber Press |isbn=978-0-88192-374-2 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/trilliums00case }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Harbison |first1=Thomas G. |title=New or little known species of Trillium |journal=Biltmore Botanical Studies |date=1901 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=19–24 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42992471#page/25/mode/1up |access-date=20 December 2024}}
External links
- {{inaturalist taxon |169992}}
- [http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/trillium_ludovicianum.shtml United States Department of Agriculture, National Forest Service]
- [http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/TrilliumSpeciesTwo Pacific Bulb Society, Trillium Species Two] photos of several species
- [http://bison.usgs.ornl.gov/api/scientificName/Trillium%20ludovicianum/arguments/itis Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON) occurrence data and maps for Trillium ludovicianum]
- {{cite web |title=Trillium ludovicianum |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.146269/Trillium_ludovicianum |website=NatureServe Explorer |publisher=NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia |access-date=16 November 2021}}
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Category:Endemic flora of the United States
Category:Plants described in 1901
Category:Taxa named by Thomas Grant Harbison
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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