Thursday, April 24, 2008

Wildflowers Continued- Toadshade Trillium


These are probably one of the common trilliums of forests in central and western Ohio. As I was posting this, an idea popped into my head. I really should pose an American toad below the leaves of this little plant! Trillium sessile is really quite a descriptive scientific name, since the flower has no noticeable stalk whatsover- we botanists call this condidtion "sessile", although the latin name is pronounced SESSILEE.

4 comments:

  1. That is just gorgeous. I'm loving all these spring flowers.

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  2. Interesting and beautiful...by all means give us a toad, too!

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  3. Lovely photo of a beautiful flower. Trilliums are such great plants, no?

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  4. Never even heard of this Trillium before! Great photo!

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