Trillium lancifolium Raf. at Whitmore's Bluff, a private property in Oostanaula River Valley, Floyd County, Georgia on April 24, 2005.

Scientific name: Trillium lancifolium Raf.
Synonym: Trillium lanceolatum (S. Wats.) Boykin ex Small
Common name: Lanceleaf Trilium
Family: Liliaceae; Lily
Legal status: Imperiled in Georgia
Flowering period: April - early May,
Habitat: floodplains, wooded slopes, neutral to basic soils

Description: "Plants to ca 30 cm. Easily recognized by sessile lanceolate to narrowly elliptic leaves; petals erect, 4 times or more as long as across, clawed, upper portion of stamens strongly incurved."-Duncan, Wilbur H., 1999.

References :
1. Duncan, Wilbur H., and Marion B. Duncan. Wildflowers of the Eastern United States. Athens: University of Georgia, 1999.(167.)
2. USDA-NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov June 06, 2006). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
Images by Zvezdana Ukropina-Crawford

Last updated on January 2, 2011.

Botanical exploration in Floyd County, Georgia