May 2, 2011 Glorious Trillium near Kendallville

Acres Lonidaw preserve near Kendallville IN

Trillium are "glorious" right now at ACRES Lonidaw preserve, both in terms of number of species and number of flowers.  The species are the white Large-flowered Trillium, Trillium grandiflorum; both white and red forms of Drooping Trillium, T. flexipes; and the red Toad Trillium, T. sessile.

Large-flowered Trillium, Trillium grandiflorum

  Large-flowered Trillium sometimes turns pink after flowering a week or two.

T. grandiflorum after turning pink

 

Drooping Trillium, T. flexipes, is less common than Large-flowered Trillium and is easy to overlook because the flowers often droop below the leaves.  The Latin name is important because there are several common, confusing names.  The white and red versions of T. flexipes further complicate the nomenclature.

White form of Drooping Trillium, T. flexipes

Red form of Drooping Trillium, T. flexipes

Red T. flexipes

 

Toad Trillim, or Toadshade, flowers are also red.  The flowers have no stalk; they fasten directly to the leaves and stem.

Toad Trillium, T. sessile

Many wildflowers are in bloom at Lonidaw, but a Trillium is never far away.

T. flexipes and Yellow Violets, Viola pubescens

Yellow Violet close up

Cream, or Pale Violet, Viola striata

Blue Phlox, Phlox divaricata

Wild Geranium, Geranium maculatum

Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Arisaema triphyllum

Marsh Marigold, Caltha palustris

 Below are the wildflower species now in bloom in Lonidaw that are not pictured above:

Spring Beauty, Claytonia virginica

Rue Anemone, Thalictrum thalictroides

Early Meadowrue, Thalictrum dioicum

Trout Lily, Erythronium americanum

Common Blue Violet, Viola soroia

Cut-leaved Toothwort, Cardamine concatenata

Squirrel Corn, Dicentra canadensis

Dutchman's Breeches, Dicentra cucullaria

Blue Cohosh, Caulophyllum thalictroides

Large-flowered Bellwort, Uvularia grandiflora

Wild Ginger, Asarum canadense

False Mermaid, Floerkia proserpinacoides

Wood Poppy, Stylophorum diphyllum

Gooseberry, Ribes species (uncertain of species)