Growing Trillium in Big Bend, Wisconsin

List of Common Trillium Species
Species	P/S	E/N	Color	Scent	Leaves	Key Concept
Trillium grandiflorum	P 1-3	E	White	-	dark green	petals overlap
Trillium nivale	P 0.5	E	White	-	dark green	ovary 3 lobed
Trillium erectum	P 1-4	E	Red	wet dog	bright green	flowers open flat
Trillium erectum f. album	P 1-4	E	White	wet dog	bright green	flowers open flat
Trillium cernuum	P 0.5-1	N	White	fruity	green	petals recurved behind sepals
Trillium flexipes	P 1.5-5	N	White	fruity	green	ovary white
Trillium catesbaei	P 1-1.5	N	Pink	-	green	anthers curved
Trillium vaseyi	P 1.5-3	N	Maroon	sweet	green	ovary maroon
Trillium luteum	Sessile	-	Yellow	lemon	mottled	sepals above leaves
Trillium viride	Sessile	-	Green	fruity	faintly mottled	petals narrow anthers introse (facing ovary)
Trillium recurvatum	Sessile	-	Maroon	-	mottled	sepals reflexed to stem
Trillium stamineum	Sessile	-	Maroon	-	mottled	petals narrow twisted anthers extrose (facing outward)
Trillium cuneatum	Sessile	-	Maroon	-	mottled	green sepals veined maroon
Trillium underwoodii	Sessile	-	Maroon	fetid	mottled	leaves touch ground
Trillium sessile	Sessile	-	Maroon	spicy	bluish green	anther prolonged above sac

Key to terms:

P/S - Pedicellate or Sessile
Pedicellate means flower is borne on stalk (stalk is called a pedicel). Sessile means flower is attached directly to the leaves (these leaves are called bracts). Length of Pedicel in inches.

E/N - Erect or Nodding
Erect means flower held upright, flower above the leaves. Nodding means flower pedicel angled downward, flower falls below the leaves.

Color - Petal Color
Petal Color means either white, yellow, dull red, or maroon.

Scent - Fragrance of flower or fruit

Leaves - Color of Leaves
Mottled arrangement of light green, dark green, and/or maroon green section patterns on leaf.

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Key to terms:
P/S - Pedicellate or Sessile Pedicellate means flower is borne on stalk (stalk is called a pedicel). Sessile means flower is attached directly to the leaves (these leaves are called bracts). Length of Pedicel in inches.
E/N - Erect or Nodding Erect means flower held upright, flower above the leaves. Nodding means flower pedicel angled downward, flower falls below the leaves.
Color - Petal Color Petal Color means either white, yellow, dull red, or maroon.
Scent - Fragrance of flower or fruit
Leaves - Color of Leaves Mottled arrangement of light green, dark green, and/or maroon green section patterns on leaf.