To examine whether there is an optimal outcrossing distance for T. erectum and T. grandiflorum, in April 1998 and April 1999, groups of five neighbouring plants (hereafter referred to as blocks) were ...

This spring beauty has some very peculiear adaptations and some really lovely common names. Pointy-headed taxonomists call common names “trivial names.” Some don’t strike me as trivial in the least.

One of spring’s most magical attractions quietly rises from the forest floor. Distinguished by a whorl of three leaves and three petals, the trillium contributes eye-catching forms and flashes of red, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The frequency of spontaneous chromosome fragmentation has been studied in Trillium erectum. Fragments at first anaphase and microspore ...

What: Trillium erectum — commonly called red or purple trillium, bethroot, waking robin or stinking benjamin — is native to the woodlands of eastern North America yet is surprisingly well adapted to ...

Scientists can use DNA preserved in herbarium specimens, like this red trillium (<i>Trillium erectum</i>) collected almost 100 years ago in Tennessee, to unravel the genetic structure of populations ...

Ten species of Trillium (Liliaceae) are known to occur in Virginia. Taxonomic key, morphological descriptions, distribution maps and chromosome numbers are presented. A chromosome number of 2n = 10 ...

Once, when I was little, I was so thrilled to come across a gorgeous, dark-red trillium that I picked it and placed it in a vase in the house. I was disappointed when it quickly wilted. Not only that, ...

A quirk of northern forests may shorten the time that wildflowers have in early spring to soak up bright sunlight reaching the forest floor. They harvest light for making seeds this year and for next ...

I think the word I want to use to describe the wildflower I was photographing the other day is oxymoron. I went to the Hocking Hills on a dark, rainy day last week for a gathering of wildflower ...