Flower ID: IMG_0557.JPG-05-29-2017 Flower name (scientific): Trillium cernuum Linnaeus PY: 1753. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) TRIL-ee-um SER-new-um Flower name (common): Nodding Trillium Family name (common): Bunchflower Family name (scientific): Melanthiaceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From the Latin tres for three and lilium for lily, hence triple lily, plant parts in threes. Specific epithet: Cernuum is Latin for stooping or bowing forwards. Common name origin: From the bowing forwards appearance of the flower and the triple-leaf morphology of the plant. Flower description: Size: 1.0 to 1.5 inches (2.5 to 3.8 cm) Petal count: 3 Color: White Other: flower arrangement, Solitary Plant description: Erect Size: 8 to 16 inches (20 to 41 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: (actually bracts) attachment is whorl, type is simple Size: Leaves up to 10 to 15 cm long and with similar width. Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, (actually bracts) widely oval (FWI), broadly rhombic-ovate to suborbicular (FNA) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): May to June Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Woods, forests, swamps, shade or part shade, wet to moist. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Trillium flexipes (Drooping Trillium, Bent Trillium) has a close resemblance. To differentiate T. flexipes from T. cernuum use the following characteristics: For T. flexipes flowers usually above the leaves, anther about 2 to 3 times longer than the filament, anthers creamy white to pale yellow in color, flower stalk to around 4 inches long, whereas T. cernuum has flowers usually below the leaves, anther about the same length as the filament, anthers pale pink to lavender-pink in color, peduncles of its flowers are usually shorter, less than around 1.5 inches in length. Ethnobotany: Latitude: 44.796377 Longitude: -91.501640 Altitude: 247.70 Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Brown, Buffalo, Burnett, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Door, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Grant, Green, Iron, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Kenosha, Kewaunee, Langlade, Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Milwaukee, Monroe, Oconto, Oneida, Outagamie, Ozaukee, Polk, Portage, Price, Racine, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Sheboygan, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (CT, DE, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, VA, VT, WI, WV) In Canada: (MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK) References: Synonym(s): Basionym: na Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na