The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California

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Names are linked to treatments from the Manual


Key to TRILLIUM

N.B.: couplets are linked, e.g., 1. is linked to 1'.

  1. Flower sessile
 
    2. Stamens < 1.25 × ovary length; flower generally with musty or fetid odor; w Klamath Ranges, Sierra Nevada, ScoRO
T. angustipetalum
    2' Stamens ± 2 × ovary length; flower generally with sweet rose-like or ± spicy scent; Northwestern California, Cascade Range, n Sierra Nevada, San Francisco Bay Area
 
      3. Ovary and tissue between anther sacs greenish; petals white to pink (base sometimes purplish); Northwestern California, Cascade Range, n Sierra Nevada, San Francisco Bay Area
T. albidum
      3' Ovary and tissue between anther sacs purple; petals yellow to purple (sometimes white); Inner North Coast Ranges, San Francisco Bay Area
T. chloropetalum
  1' Flower stalked
 
    4. Leaves generally petioled; flower recurved to nodding; petals ovate-cordate, white, generally purple-spotted; Klamath Ranges
T. rivale
    4' Leaves ± sessile; flower erect to nodding; petals linear to ovate, white, aging pink; Northwestern California, Central Western California
T. ovatum
      5. Petals < 20 mm (often < 15 mm), < 6 mm wide; flower ± nodding; > 1200 m; Klamath Ranges
subsp. oettingeri
      5' Petals generally > 15 mm, > 6 mm wide; flower generally ± erect; < 1600 m; Northwestern California, Central Western California
subsp. ovatum


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