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Trillium persistens, the persistent trillium, is a North American species of flowering plants in the genus Trillium of family Melanthiaceae (formerly Trilliaceae). The plant is also called the persistent wakerobin.[2][3]

Persistent trillium
Conservation status
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Melanthiaceae
Genus:	Trillium
Species:	T. persistens
Binomial name
Trillium persistens Duncan, 1971

Persistent trillium is an endangered herbaceous perennial plant that grows to a height of 20–30 cm, with three leaves in a whorl near the top of the stem just below the flower; each leaf is broad lanceolate, 3–9 cm long and 1.5–3.5 cm broad. The white flower has three petals, each petal 2–3.5 cm long and 0.5–1 cm broad.[4]

This plant has a limited range in parts of the United States in the northeastern Georgia and northwestern South Carolina.[5]

References

External links

• Citizen science observations for Trillium persistens at iNaturalist
• Persistent trillium information, Fish and Wildlife Service
• United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
• Pistrang, Mark. "Persistent Trillium (Trillium persistens)". United States Forest Service. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

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