11 Facts About Trillium

Trillium is a genus of about fifty flowering plant species in the family Melanthiaceae.

Trillium species are native to temperate regions of North America and Asia, with the greatest diversity of species found in the southern Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern United States.

The type specimen Trillium cernuum described by Linnaeus was actually Trillium catesbaei, an oversight that subsequently led to much confusion regarding the type species of this genus.

Trillium species are found across Canada, from Newfoundland to southern British Columbia.

Except for the desert regions of the southwestern United States, Trillium species are found throughout the contiguous U S states.

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Trillium species are especially diverse in the southeastern United States, in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

The greatest diversity of Trillium species is found on the islands of Japan and Sakhalin.

Various Trillium species are susceptible to a greening disorder caused by bacterial organisms called phytoplasmas that alter the morphology of infected plants.

The rare Trillium flexipes is protected by law in Ontario, because of its decreasing Canadian population.

Trillium claimed that an astringent tonic derived from the root was useful in controlling bleeding and diarrhea.

Trillium is the literary magazine of Ramapo College of New Jersey, which features poetry, fiction, photography, and other visual arts created by Ramapo students.