Trilliums
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Trilliums
- From: "* D* C* <m*@PIPELINE.COM>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 12:07:06 -0400
At 12:52 AM 6/9/99 -0400, you wrote:
>
>She also offered some of ONE of her THREE red flowering Trilliums. This is
>one with the flowers held high above the leaves and they kind of lean to one
>side. She also has 2 others, the mottled leafed one where the flower doesn't
>open up (is that toad trillium?) and a plain green leaf one that she says
>flowers funny, not opening up either?
If the first is possibly Purple Trillium (Trillium erectum); the should
smell badly but you have to get close to detect it. The second probably is
Toadshade AKA Red Trillium (Trillium sessile), and the third could also be
Toadshade or possibly Trillium cuneatum (this would not be native to your
area, though it is hardy there under the right conditions).
Sheila Smith
mikecook@pipeline.com
Niles, MI USA, Z 5/6
