Trillium catesbaei |
Trillium subg. Trillium |
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bashful trillium, bashful wakerobin, Catesby's trillium |
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Rhizomes | short, tapered to a point distally. |
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Scapes | 1–2, round in cross section, 2–4.5 dm, slender, glabrous. |
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Flower | opening at or recurved below bracts, rarely erect; sepals falcate-recurved, green or streaked with purple, linear-lanceolate, 20–45 × 7–8 mm, margins ± flat, apex acuminate; petals falcate-recurved distally, white, pink, or rose, darkening to pink or nonfading with age, veins visible but not appearing engraved, elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 3.5–5 × 1–2+ cm, thin-textured, bases somewhat imbricated, forming funnel-like tube, margins undulate, apex acuminate; stamens prominent, recurved, 16–25 mm; filaments white, slightly longer and narrower than anthers; anthers recurving, bright yellow, 5–14 mm, thick, dehiscence introrse; ovary inconspicuous, white, angular-ovoid, deeply 6-angled, 4–12 × 3–7 mm, slender, base narrow; style 2–6 mm; stigmas prominent, strongly curled (circinate) to erect, connate basally, pale green or white, not lobed, 4–10 mm, uniformly thin; pedicel deflexed or recurved, rarely erect, angled, 2–4(–5) cm. |
pedicellate except subsessile or sessile in T. pusillum var. virginianum. |
Fruits | baccate, greenish or whitish, ovoid-globose, angles less prominent when mature, 1–1.5 cm diam., pulpy but not juicy. |
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Bract(s) | usually raised somewhat, exposing flower; blade green, often with underlying purplish maroon in well-lighted plants, major veins on adaxial surface deeply engraved, elliptic-ovate, 6.5–15 × 4–8 cm, including elongated, petiolelike base, proximal 1/3 of leaf gradually tapered to base, margins often slightly raised, apex blunt-acute to acuminate. |
blades not mottled (except sometimes in T. ovatum). |
Petals | wide-spreading, white, reddish purple, or cream, sometimes with patterns of another color. |
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Trillium catesbaei |
Trillium subg. Trillium |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer (late Mar–early Jun). | |
Habitat | Acid soils, open dry or rich woods, laurel and rhododendron thickets, cove forests | |
Elevation | 50–800 m (200–2600 ft) | |
Distribution |
AL; GA; NC; SC; TN
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North America |
Discussion | Elliott, author of Trillium catesbaei, apparently recognized one of its forms separately as T. nervosum. This name is still mentioned in British horticultural and botanical literature, but it is rarely found in U.S. literature. North American botanists treat T. nervosum as a synonym of T. catesbaei. Plants of Trillium catesbaei from deep coves in South Carolina tend to have petals that are deeper pink and longer and wider than those of many other populations. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Species 15 (15 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 96. | FNA vol. 26, p. 96. |
Parent taxa | Liliaceae > Trillium > subg. Trillium | Liliaceae > Trillium |
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Synonyms | T. affine, T. nervosum, T. stylosum | |
Name authority | Elliott: Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 429. (1817) | unknown |
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