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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Test-drive A Teaching Key to Trillium.
You may enjoy Trillium in the South by Will Stuart.
Read more: Jones Gap State Park, Greenville County, SC: Two Trillium species by Jim Fowler.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Trillium catesbaei
FAMILY
Trilliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium catesbaei
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 041-03-007:
Trillium catesbaei
FAMILY
Liliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Catesby's Trillium, Rosy Wake-robin, Bashful Trillium, Rose Trillium
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JK Marlow jkm120326_966
March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Leaves with small stalks, the blades broadest near the middle, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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Harry Davis hld1542_crw_6013
April Pickens County SC
Roadside
Anthers irregularly twisted outward; pollen egg-yolk yellow, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0404s_24
April Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Pedicel declined below the leaves (rarely erect), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0404s_26
April Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Petals strongly reflexed above the tube; anthers curved outward, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm0504g_36
April Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Some say that the "Jones Gap Trillium" is an erect form of Trillium catesbei.
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JK Marlow jkm0504h_28
April Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0504k_13
April Henderson County NC
Has tendency to nod, but not always, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0504l_31
April Henderson County NC
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Keith Bradley kab_t_catesbaei_5334
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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Keith Bradley kab_t_catesbaei_5348
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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Ben Geer Keys bgk1542_a
April?
Flowers with wavy-margined, recurved petals and bright yellow anthers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm080507_029
May Greenville County SC
What do you call a four-leaf four-petaled trillium?
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JK Marlow jkm100514_054
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Ovary white, sharply to obscurely angled, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120512_717
May Greenville County SC
Leaves taper at the base to a short stalk, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_trillium_catesbaei
May
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_trillium_catesbaei_22
May
Sepals are falcate (strongly arched) and often purplish, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_trillium_catesbaei_24
May
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Steve Marlow snm140519_087b
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Anthers somewhat twisted, curved outward, stigmas joined into a short style, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
COMPARE
flowers of white-flowering Trilliums