Hagstrom, John
Trillium vaseyi Harbison (sweet wakerobin), flower and leaves
Identifier
3.79796Format
digital color photographDigitization Status
Born digitalType
Photographic imageDate created
2005 – 2012Description
Trillium vaseyi Harbison (sweet wakerobin), rare woodland wildflower, erect perennial to 2' tall, leaves (3) are green whorled broadly elliptic tapering at the base to a short stalk, flower is large and has a funereal somewhat pungent rose-like fragrance and is borne on a long stalk that nods beneath the leaves, petals are maroon veiny sometimes overlapping at the base and usually strongly recurved, stamens have yellow to maroon anthers and are much longer than the small purple-black ovarySubject - keywords and LC headings
Melanthiaceae (bunchflower family)Flowers
Leaves
Trillium vaseyi Harbison (sweet wakerobin)
Trillium L. (trillium)
