Trillium cernuum

Nodding trillium
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Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Melanthiaceae
Genus:	Trillium
Species:	T. cernuum
Binomial name
Trillium cernuum L.
Synonyms
Synonymy Trillium cernuum var. typicum Wherry Trillium glaucum Raf. Trillium hamosum'' Raf. Trillium latifolium Raf. Trillium medium Raf. Trillium cernuum f. billingtonii Farw. Trillium cernuum var. declinatum Farw. Trillium cernuum f. walpolei Farw. Trillium cernuum var. macranthum Eames & Wiegand Trillium cernuum f. tangerae Wherry Trillium cernuum var. terrae-novae B.Boivin Trillium cernuum f. lalondei Cay. & J.Cay. Trillium cernuum f. marginatum Cay. & J.Cay. Trillium cernuum f. viride Cay. & J.Cay.

Trillium cernuum (nodding trillium, nodding wakerobin, or whip-poor-will flower) is a species of Trillium native to northeastern North America, from Newfoundland west to southern Saskatchewan, and south to northern Virginia and Iowa. It occurs on rich, moist soils in both broadleaf and coniferous woodland.

It is a perennial herbaceous plant with one or more unbranched stems 15–60 centimetres (5.9–23.6 in) tall growing from an underground rhizome. The apex of each stem has whorl of three abruptly pointed bracts 4–15 centimetres (1.6–5.9 in) long and 6–18 centimetres (2.4–7.1 in) broad, and on strong stems, also a solitary flower hanging below the leaves on a 0.5–3.5 centimetres (0.20–1.38 in) peduncle. The flower is perfect, with three slender pale green sepals 9–30 millimetres (0.35–1.18 in) long, three broad white (rarely pink) petals 15–25 millimetres (0.59–0.98 in) long and 5–15 millimetres (0.20–0.59 in) broad, six purple stamens, and a solitary pistil; flowering is in late spring to early summer. The fruit is a six-lobed reddish berry up to 3 cm diameter, ripening in late summer.

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