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Trillium catesbaei

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Species of flowering plant

Trillium catesbaei
Conservation status

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species: T. catesbaei
Binomial name
Trillium catesbaei
Elliott
Synonyms
  • Delostylis cernuum Raf.
  • Delostylis stylosum (Nutt.) Raf.
  • Trillium affine Rendle
  • Trillium balduinianum Raf.
  • Trillium declinatum Raf.
  • Trillium nervosum Elliott
  • Trillium stylosum Nutt.

Trillium catesbaei, also known as bashful wakerobin or rosy wake-robin, is a spring flowering perennial plant found in the southeastern United States. Like most trilliums, it prefers moist, humus-rich soil in shade. Its northern limit includes the Great Smoky Mountains and other parts of North Carolina and Tennessee. Most of its populations are in the Piedmont from North Carolina to Alabama, under deciduous trees such as American beech, various oak and hickory species, and tulip poplar. Its southernmost natural occurrence is in Escambia County, Alabama.

Trillium catesbaei is a perennial herb spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Stems are up to 45 cm tall, with white, pink, or rose-colored flowers that sometimes turn darker pink as they get older. Sometimes the flowers are hidden behind green or yellow bracts (hence the "bashful" part of one of the common names).

References

  1. "Trillium catesbaei". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. NRCS. "Trillium catesbaei". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  5. Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 96 Catesby’s trillium, bashful trillium Trillium catesbaei Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina. 1: 429. 1817

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Trillium catesbaei


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