Trillium discolor

Trillium discolor, the mottled wakerobin,[4] pale yellow trillium, or small yellow toadshade,[5] is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is native to areas of the Savannah River drainage system of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina[6] such as Steven's Creek Heritage Preserve and Lake Keowee. It is found along moist stream banks in upland woods, on acidic to basic soils.[7]

Trillium discolor
1831 Illustration[1]

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species:
T. discolor
Binomial name
Trillium discolor
Synonyms[3]
  • Trillium sessile var. wrayi S.Watson
  • Trillium luteum var. latipetalum R.R.Gates

Description

Trillium discolor is a perennial herbaceous plant that blooms mid April to early May. It has a flower with pale yellow petals that stand upright at the junction of the three leaf-like bracts.[5]

Bibliography
  • Case, Frederick W.; Case, Roberta B. (1997). Trilliums. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-374-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Freeman, J. D. (1975). "Revision of Trillium subgenus Phyllantherum (Liliaceae)". Brittonia. 27 (1): 1–62. doi:10.2307/2805646. JSTOR 2805646.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References
  1. by Samuel Curtis and William Jackson Hooker, published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, volume 58, Plate 3097
  2. "Trillium discolor". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  3. "Trillium discolor". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. "Trillium discolor". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  5. Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium discolor". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 26. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  6. "Trillium discolor". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  7. Stritch, Larry. "Mottled Wakerobin (Trillium discolor)". United States Forest Service. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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