An unusual Trillium (I think)

Gruntfuttock · Post by **Gruntfuttock** » May 11, 2008 7:36 pm

I saw this unusual plant today, I think it's a trillium. The flower starts in the usual trillium position on top of the leaf then extends its stalk to produce the flower under the leaf. I was lucky to spot it.

notmartha · Post by **notmartha** » May 14, 2008 8:47 am

looks like a may apple but i could be wrong

Midnight Reiter Too · Post by **Midnight Reiter Too** » May 16, 2008 5:10 am

I'm not at all familiar with that plant, but I found a link to mayapple:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podophyllum

Maybe it is a trillium. There are only three petals and the mayapple has more than three. I also read that "some trilliums have a flower which is bent downward, below the leaves."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillium

shadylanejewel · Post by **shadylanejewel** » May 17, 2008 12:40 am

Definitely Trillium and looks like T. rugelii. Native to the southeastern US.

http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trilli ... gelii2.jpg

Hopefully soon some of my seedlings will look just like your flower.

Very pretty!

Julie