Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Trillium discolor
FAMILY
Trilliaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium discolor
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-003:
Trillium discolor FAMILY Liliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Pale Yellow Trillium, Faded Trillium, Small Yellow Toadshade, Savannah River Trillium
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JK Marlow jkm120326_983
March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
The floral fragrance is spicy like cloves, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).
JK Marlow jkm120326_983b
March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Stamens dark purple, curved inward, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).
JK Marlow jkm120330_229
March Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Lesson: Don't get in the way of a flower ready to bloom!
JK Marlow jkm120330_248
March Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
What do you call a two-leaved trillium?
Bill Sharpton gws1546_a
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Leaves mottled and sometimes almost circular, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
JK Marlow jkm080421_054
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Petals spoon-shaped, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
JK Marlow jkm090419_059
April Pickens County SC
Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area
Sepals usually 2/3 or less the length of the petals, erect to divergent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
JK Marlow jkm120415_001
April Pickens County SC
Clemson Forest
Petals pale yellow with a greenish or purplish stalklike base, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
Ben Geer Keys bgk1546_a
May
The only sessile-flowered Trillium with clawed spatulate pale yellow petals, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
COMPARE
petal shape in yellow-flowering Trilliums
JK Marlow jkm080507_040
May Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Stamens dark purple, about twice as long as the pistil, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
COMPARE
stamen color in yellow-flowering Trilliums
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Trillium discolor
FAMILY
Trilliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium discolor
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-003:
Trillium discolor
FAMILY
Liliaceae