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trilliums
Trillium
Trillium (trillium, wakerobin, toadshade, tri flower, birthroot, birthwort, and sometimes "wood lily") is a genus of about fifty flowering plant species in the family Melanthiaceae. Trillium species are native to temperate regions of North America and Asia, with the greatest diversity of species found in the southern Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern United States.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Trillium subgen. Callipetalon
subgenusCallipetalon
sessile-flowered trilliums
subgenusSessilia
Erectum-group Trilliums
subgenusTrillium
painted trillium
speciesTrillium undulatum
Trillium subgen. Delostylis
subgenusDelostylis
Himalayan Trillium
speciesTrillium govanianum
Trillium taiwanense
speciesTrillium taiwanense
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49465.