Re: [SG] False Trillium - Sally, was that you?

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• To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
• Subject: Re: [SG] False Trillium - Sally, was that you?
• From: G* <g*@OTHERSIDE.COM>
• Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 09:00:55 -0400

Hello Patricia 7 Sally,
        Doubt the False Trillium could have been old Benjamin. He gets up to 18
inches or more in height. There is a possibility that keeps going through
my mind. There is a tiny trillium that sits right on the ground with no
stalk. Trillium decumbens (sp?). It is native to your area if I remember
correctly and is quite rare or restricted.
        There are the three leaves that are right on top of the leaf mold on the
forest floor. The bloom is a reddish-brown and that sits right in the
middle of the three leaves. Mine has never gone over 3 inches or so in
height. It is a real cutie.
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

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> From: Patricia Humphrey <mrsbill@INTERLINKS.NET>
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SG] False Trillium - Sally, was that you?
> Date: Thursday, October 01, 1998 4:30 PM
>
> Hi Sally. You might have already checked out my
> suggestion, in which case you can flame me royally
> for not being caught up on my mail :-)
>
> Could the plant you describe be known as "Trillium
> erectum", aka "Stinking Benjamin"? I found this
> in Cruickshank's mail order catalogue (a Canadian
> company) which gives some descriptions of their
> plants. I searched in vain through a wildflower
> book printed in 1950 (gasp!) and couldn't find
> "false trillium".
>
> ttys .... messes bill
> mrsbill@interlinks.net

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