Trillium foetidissimum
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Trillium foetidissimum, also known as the Mississippi River wakerobin, stinking trillium, or fetid trillium,[1][2][3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is found along the Louisiana–Mississippi border[4] in a variety of habitats.
Trillium foetidissimum is a perennial herbaceous plant that blooms from early March to early April.[1]
Description
The plant is brown colored with horizontal rhizomes and bracts. It carries 1-2 scapes which are Script error: No such module "convert". from green to maroon-colored and are round at cross section. Leaves are either light or bronze-green in color. Sepals are located above the bracts and are green colored, horizontal, and lanceolate. They are Script error: No such module "convert". long and Script error: No such module "convert". wide and are thick. Petals are erect while apex is acute. Flaments are Script error: No such module "convert". long and are dark maroon in color while stamens are Script error: No such module "convert". and are both erect and prominent. Anthlers are straight, Script error: No such module "convert". long, and are blackish-maroon in color. The species also have erect and ovate ovary which is Script error: No such module "convert". long and is reddish-purple in color. Stigma is also erect and dark purple in color but is subulate and fleshy unlike the ovary. The flower is sessile, of a maroon color fading to brown with narrow lanceolate petals. It emits a smell of rotting meat to attract insect pollinators, hence the name. Its leaves are strongly mottled. The flower turns to a purple-brown berry in autumn.[1]
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