Authentic Wisconsin.  Sessile Trillium


Trillium near Council Ring in Madison, Wisconsin on May 5, 2019.

Above: What I believe is Prairie Trillium (bloody butcher, red trillium), Trillium recurvatum near Council Ring in Madison, Wisconsin on May 5, 2019.


Sessile Trilliums - (Prairie Trillium, Bloody Butcher, Red Trillium, Toadshade, Yellow Trillium, Yellow WakeRobin (Spring Ephemeral)

Trillium (trillium, wakerobin, tri flower, birthroot, birthwort) is a genus of about fifty flowering plant species in the family Melanthiaceae. The Trilliums on this page are Sessile Trilliums. Sessile meaning no stalk or petiole and leaves fanned out directly below the blossom, all supported on a tall stem.

To be honest, I cannot accurately identify the sessile trillium varieties with 100% confidence. There are so many common names for these plants that, depending on where you live, different plants might share the same common name.

Yellow Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 24, 2019.

Yellow Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 24, 2019.

Yellow Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 24, 2019.

Above: Yellow Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond in Madison, Wisconsin on April 24, 2019.


Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on May 3, 2019.

Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on May 3, 2019.

Above: Red Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond in Madison, Wisconsin on May 3, 2019.


Yellow Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on May 6, 2019.

Yellow Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on May 6, 2019.

Above: Yellow Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond in Madison, Wisconsin on May 6, 2019.


Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on May 10, 2019.

Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on May 10, 2019.

Above: Red Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond in Madison, Wisconsin on May 10, 2019.


Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on June 2, 2019.

Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on June 2, 2019.

Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on June 2, 2019.

Above: Yellow Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond in Madison, Wisconsin on June 2, 2019.


Sessile (meaning no stalk or petiole) leaves fanned out directly below the blossom, all supported on a tall stem.


For more information on Prairie Trillium (Trillium recurvatum), visit Wikipedia.

For more information on Yellow Trillium (Trillium luteum), visit Wikipedia.

For more information on Yellow Trillium (Trillium luteum), visit U.S. Forest Service.

Or, for information on Trillium recurvatum (Bloody Butcher) visit the: Wisconsin State Herbarium.


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Wisconsin Wildflowers


Trillium
(Prairie Trillium, Bloody Butcher, Red Trillium, Toadshade, Yellow Trillium


Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 18, 2019.

Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 18, 2019.

Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 18, 2019.


Above: Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond (4/18/19)


Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 19, 2019.


Above: Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond (4/19/19)


Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 24, 2019.

Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 24, 2019.

Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 24, 2019.

Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 24, 2019.


Above: Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond (4/24/19)


Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 25, 2019.

Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 25, 2019.


Above: Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond (4/25/19)


Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 25, 2019.

Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 25, 2019.

Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 25, 2019.

Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 25, 2019.

Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 25, 2019.


Above: Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond (4/25/19)


Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 26, 2019.

Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 26, 2019.


Above: Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond (4/26/19)


Yellow Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 28, 2019.


Above: Yellow Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond after a light snow the night before. (4/28/19)


Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 26, 2021.


Above: Red Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond. (4/26/21)


Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 29, 2021.


Above: Red Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond. (4/26/21)


Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 30, 2019.


Above: Red Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond. (4/30/19)


Yellow Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 26, 2021.


Above: Yellow Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond. (426/21)


Yellow Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 30, 2019.

Yellow Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on April 30, 2019.


Above: Yellow Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond. (4/30/19)


Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on June 3, 2019.

Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on June 3, 2019.


Above: Yellow Trillium (Yellow Wakerobin) off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond. (6/03/19)


Trillium off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond on May 31, 2020.


Above: Yellow Trillium (Yellow Wakerobin) off of bike path between Marion Dunn and Duck Pond. (5/31/20)


1788 Red Trillium botanical illustration.

Above: 1788 Red Trillium (Toadshade) botanical illustration.


1913 illustration of Trillium Sessile.

Above: 1913 illustration of Trillium Sessile.


1913 illustration of Trillium Recurvatum.

Above: 1913 illustration of Trillium Recurvatum.



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