About Trillium reliquum J.D.Freeman
Trillium reliquum produces three mottled leaves, which range in color from blue-green to green to silver. A sessile flower sits on a curved stem at the center of these leaves, and the flower is only half the size of the leaves. The plant sprouts a single shoot from the end of a stocky underground rhizome, topped by the three leaves and one sessile flower. The stem is typically not erect, and instead lies along the ground. This species flowers from March to April. Its flower has three petals that alternate with three sepals. Flower colors can range from greenish to brownish-purple, and sometimes are pure yellow. The three spreading sepals are usually purple on their inner surface. The three petals are generally erect, somewhat twisted, and vary in color from dark purple to yellow. Petals are about twice as long as the stamens. A round, fleshy capsule fruit develops from May to June.
