Species PlantsYellow Trillium

Yellow Trillium

Trillium luteum

UncommonPlant
Illustration of Yellow Trillium (Trillium luteum)

Yellow Trillium is a beautiful spring wildflower endemic to the southern Appalachian Mountains, producing mottled, bronze-green leaves and erect lemon-yellow flowers with a sweet citrus fragrance. It is prized by wildflower enthusiasts and grows in rich cove forests at moderate to high elevations. Like all trilliums, it grows slowly from seed.

Habitat
Rich cove forests and moist slopes in the southern Appalachians
Diet
Flowers visited by native bees; seeds dispersed by ants
How common
Uncommon

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