Aberrant Red Trillium

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Comments

Allen Woodliffe

Thank-you Isabelle, Laura and Wally for your visits and kind comments! The touch of purple is a blue violet, flowering nearby.

Walter Nussbaumer

well done Allen, can't say I have ever seen one like this, I have seen many in my days in Ontario, miss them out here!

Laura Sample

Simply beautiful, Allen.

Isabelle M

what a wonderful beautiful image Allen with a touch of purple to the right:)

Description
Red Trilliums are not uncommon across the forested landscape of eastern Canada and elsewhere. However a six-petalled one is extremely unusual. Trilliums normally have three petals and three sepals, but for some reason this oddball produced six petals! There is a provincial nature reserve called Trillium Woods just south of Woodstock, ON, that has a lot of different coloured trilliums. I came across this unusual individual in Rondeau Provincial Park, ON, this spring.
Taken By
Allen Woodliffe
Taken On
May 13, 2013
Tagged
'red trillium' 'spring wildflower' 'trillium' 'rondeau provincial park' flower plant petal anther leaf geranium acanthaceae
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