triphyllum ssp. quinatum

[Petra Schmidt]

We've got this growing here and in most plants, it does show 5 leaflets
although I've seen a plant or two with the fifth leaflet not quite separated
from the fourth leaflet.  I have also seen blooming plants with one but
mostly two leaves per plant, and the inflorescence does, indeed, have a
curve to apex portion.  Our plants growing here in the garden were North
Carolina collected a few years ago.  Last summer a visitor stopped by the
garden here and he had just collected ssp. quinatum from another area in
North Carolina and we now have a few plants of that growing as well...will
keep you posted (photos/details) once they're up and blooming this year.

Petra Schmidt
Research Manager
Juniper Level Botanic Gardens @ Plant Delights Nursery
9241 Sauls Road
Raleigh, NC 27603-9326 USA
petra at plantdelights.com
www.plantdelights.com