Trillium catesbaei

Trillium catesbaei

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Liliales
Family:Melanthiaceae
Genus:Trillium
Species: T. catesbaei
Binomial name
Trillium catesbaei
Elliott, 1817
Synonyms[2]

Trillium catesbaei, also known as bashful wakerobin[3] or rosy wake-robin, is a spring flowering perennial plant found in the southeastern United States.[4][5] Like most trilliums, it prefers moist, humus-rich soil in shade.[2] 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.[4]

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).[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Trillium catesbaei". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ "Trillium catesbaei". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON) occurrence data and maps for Trillium catesbaei
  5. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  6. ↑ "Catesby's trillium, bashful trillium Trillium catesbaei Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina. 1: 429". Flora of North America. 26: 96. 1817.


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