About Trillium foetidissimum J.D.Freeman
Trillium foetidissimum J.D.Freeman is a brown-colored plant with horizontal rhizomes and bracts. It produces 1 to 2 green to maroon scapes that are round in cross-section and measure 0.8–2.8 decimetres (3.1–11.0 in) long. Its leaves are either light green or bronze-green and strongly mottled. Sepals sit above the bracts; they are green, horizontal, lanceolate, thick, and measure 16–40 millimetres (0.63–1.57 in) long by 4–6 millimetres (0.16–0.24 in) wide. Its petals are narrow, lanceolate, and erect, with an acute apex. Filaments are 3–6 millimetres (0.12–0.24 in) long and dark maroon. Stamens are 9–25 millimetres (0.35–0.98 in) long, erect, and prominent. Anthers are straight, 8–15 millimetres (0.31–0.59 in) long, and blackish-maroon. This species has an erect, ovate reddish-purple ovary 5–12 millimetres (0.20–0.47 in) long. The stigma is also erect, dark purple, and differs from the ovary by being subulate and fleshy. The flower is sessile, maroon fading to brown, and emits a rotting meat odor to attract insect pollinators, which is the source of its specific epithet foetidissimum. In autumn, the flower develops into a purple-brown berry.
