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[oncebeforealways]

Trillium flowers

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 16 April 2019

In Trillium sessile (birthroot, wake-robin, stinking Benjamin) the flower parts are in groups of three, with 3-petalled flowers above whorls of pointed triple leaves. The flowers have the smell of rotting meat, as they are pollinated by flies. These plants were thriving in a woodland border of Balmoral Cottage, Kent.

Jill Raggett

[vandaliatraveler]

Sharing a love for the humus-rich soils of Appalachia’s deciduous forests, red trillium (Trillium erectum) is often found growing with large-flowered trillium on well-drained slopes and ravines.  Commonly referred to as wake-robin and birthroot, the perennial herb is easily distinguished by its broad, diamond-shaped bracts, curvaceous crimson flowers, and six large stamens surrounding a stigma with three re-curved lobes.  While the flower of large-flowered trillium is odorless, that of red trillium produces the foul-smelling stench of rotting flesh, which draws its primary pollinator: carrion flies.  Traditional medicine practitioners used the plant to treat gangrene.  As with large-flowered trillium, the plant’s beautiful foliage and flowers have earned an award of garden merit from the Royal Horticulture Society.

[messiers]

yay! first trillium bloom of the year after a nice heavy rain

[mollylouhoo]

Head Trash, 2018, 19″ x 14″

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Doodles #preart #bulletjournal #postcardshome #birthroot #paperwork #artistresidencyinmotherhood #anxietymonsters

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Portability Study #2: Coffee Table

[mollylouhoo]

Heart and Palm, 2016, 9 in x 11.5 in