Trillium angustipetalum

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Trillium angustipetalum
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Calaveras Big Trees State Park in Calaveras and Tuolumne counties, California
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species:
T. angustipetalum
Binomial name
Trillium angustipetalum
Synonyms [2]
T. angustipetalum
    • Trillium chloropetalum var. angustipetalum(Torr.) Munz
    • Trillium giganteum var. angustipetalum(Torr.) R.R.Gates
    • Trillium sessile var. angustipetalumTorr.

Trillium angustipetalum, with the common name is narrowpetal wakerobin, is a species of Trillium , plants which may be included within the Liliaceae (lily family) or the newer family Melanthiaceae. [2] [3] [4]

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Description

Trillium angustipetalum is a rhizomatous perennial herb with one or more erect stems growing up to 70 centimetres (28 in) in height. There is a whorl of three large leaves generally described as bracts each measuring up to 25 centimetres (9.8 in) in length and round or somewhat oval. They are green and mottled with brownish or darker green spots.

Each stem produces one flower, which is held on top of the bracts. The ill-scented flower has three lance-shaped green or red sepals and three narrow purple or maroon petals measuring up to 11 centimetres (4.3 in) long. [5]

Taxonomy

In 1856, John Torrey described Trillium sessile var. angustipetalum based on a specimen collected by John Milton Bigelow two years earlier in California. [6] [7] In 1975, John Daniel Freeman described the species Trillium angustipetalum based on Torrey's variety. [8] [9] The epithet angustipetalum means "narrow-petaled".

Distribution

The plant is native to northern and central California and southwestern Oregon, where it occurs in forests, woodlands, chaparral, and riparian zones. It is found in the Klamath Mountains, western Sierra Nevada foothills, and Outer Southern California Coast Ranges. [3] [10]

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<i>Trillium discolor</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Trillium cuneatum</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Trillium sessile</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Trillium decipiens</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Trillium lancifolium</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Trillium stamineum</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Trillium pusillum</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Trillium foetidissimum</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Trillium albidum</i> Species of flowering plant

Trillium albidum is a species of flowering plant in the bunchflower family Melanthiaceae. It is the only trillium characterized by a stalkless white flower. The species is endemic to the western United States, ranging from central California through Oregon to southwestern Washington. In the San Francisco Bay Area, it is often confused with a white-flowered form of Trillium chloropetalum. In northern Oregon and southwestern Washington, it has a smaller, less conspicuous flower.

<i>Trillium reliquum</i> Species of flowering plant

Trillium reliquum, the relict trillium, Confederate wakerobin, or Confederate trillium, is a monocotyledon species of the genus Trillium, a perennial, flowering, herbaceous plant of the family Liliaceae. It is found only in the southeastern region of the United States: southwest, central and east central Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee. As a relict species, there are a few remaining groups but it was once more abundant when conditions were different. Significant habitat loss has occurred through clearing of forests for agricultural and pine farm uses.

<i>Clintonia andrewsiana</i> Species of flowering plant

Clintonia andrewsiana is a species of flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae. The species was discovered by John Milton Bigelow in 1854 and described by John Torrey in 1856. The specific epithet andrewsiana honors Timothy Langdon Andrews (1819–1908), a "gentleman who assiduously examined the botany" of California during the mid-19th century. The species is commonly known as Andrews clintonia or red clintonia, where the latter refers to the color of the flowers. In California, it is also known as bluebead lily or western bluebead lily, not to be confused with C. borealis, which is likewise known as bluebead lily. The Pomo people of northern California considered the plant to be poisonous.

<i>Trillium petiolatum</i> Species of flowering plant

Trillium petiolatum, the Idaho trillium, also known as the long-petioled trillium or round-leaved trillium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is native to the northwestern United States, in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The type specimen for this species was gathered by Meriwether Lewis in 1806 along the Clearwater River during the return trip of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

<i>Trillium kurabayashii</i> Species of flowering plant

Trillium kurabayashii, the giant purple wakerobin, is a species of flowering plant native to the United States, in southwestern Oregon and northern California.

<i>Trillium maculatum</i> Species of flowering plant

Trillium maculatum, the spotted wakerobin or spotted trillium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is found only in the eastern United States.

Trillium viride, commonly called the wood wakerobin, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is found in the central United States, in certain parts of Missouri and Illinois. The specific epithet viride means "youthful" or "fresh-green", an apparent reference to the color of the plant's flower petals. For this reason, it is also called the green trillium, not to be confused with other green-flowered trilliums such as T. viridescens and the green form of T. sessile, both of which are found in Missouri.

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