Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Trillium luteum
FAMILY
Trilliaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium luteum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007)
Trillium luteum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-001b:
Trillium cuneatum var. luteum FAMILY Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Trillium viride var. luteum
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trillium sessile
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Trillium, Yellow Toadshade, Lemon-scented Trillium, Wax Trillium
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Ben Geer Keys bgk1545_a
April
Leaves sometimes only weakly mottled, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).
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Craig Myers cam_groupoftrilliums
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Flower lemon-scented, petals more or less erect & > 2x long as stamens, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Harry Davis hld1545_crw_0782
April
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Ovary and stamens greenish-white during flowering, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
stamen color in yellow-flowering Trilliums
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JK Marlow jkm080420_008
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm080420_026
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm140418_316
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Pollen sacs facing inward, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm140418_319
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm150424_662
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm160426_565
April Polk County NC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm170415_696
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_trillium_luteum_03029
April NC
Petals erect, somewhat overlapping concealing inner parts, not clawed, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).
COMPARE
petal shape in yellow-flowering Trilliums
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Keith Bradley kab_trillium_luteum_4687
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_trillium_luteum_6
April
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JK Marlow jkm160727_416
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm160727_416b
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Trillium luteum
FAMILY
Trilliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium luteum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007)
Trillium luteum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-001b:
Trillium cuneatum var. luteum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Trillium viride var. luteum
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trillium sessile
1545
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist coves over mafic or calcareous rocks, locally abundant in the vicinity of the Great Smokies, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
A single terminal whorl of 3 leaves
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Flowers are sessile.
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Maroon-red
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p182
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p024
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p236
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p167
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p018
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p424
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p374
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p429
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p458
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p017