Trillium foetidissimum, also known as the Mississippi River wakerobin, stinking trillium, or fetid trillium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is found along the Louisiana–Mississippi border in a variety of habitats.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mississippi River wakerobin being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Trillium gracile
- Trillium ludovicianum
- Trillium maculatum
- Trillium reliquum
- Trillium underwoodii
- Trillium decumbens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Liliales
- Family
- Melanthiaceae
- Genus
- Trillium
- Species
- Trillium foetidissimum
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