Snow Trillium -- Trillium nivale
Family Liliaceae (Lily family)
This trillium is an endagered species in Kentucky and the only known occurrence of
this plant is in Jessamine Creek Gorge in Jessamine county (Central Kentucky), which
is owned by the Nature Conservancy. The flowers appear in March on wooded limestone
hillsides.
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