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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.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Trillium erectum
FAMILY
Trilliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium erectum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
LESS THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 041-03-006a:
Trillium erectum var. erectum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Wake-robin, Red Trillium, Stinking Willie, Stinking Benjamin
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trer3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060429_073
April Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
Petals may be maroon, white, yellow, greenish, or speckled, per Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia.
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JK Marlow jkm060429_163
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Petals rarely more than 2x as broad as the sepals, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm060429_165
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm170413_569
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Stamens & ovary (cup) totally exposed. Sepals & petals (saucer) spreading, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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Keith Bradley kab_trillium_erectum_2140
April Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm0405h_03
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Petals spreading from base in the same plane as the sepals, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0405k_30
May Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Petal color varies, but all T. erectum have a dark ovary, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
COMPARE
flowers of white-flowering Trilliums
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JK Marlow jkm0505o_33
May Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm0505p_07
May Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves uniformly green, about as wide as long, and stalkless, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm060508_158
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
Sepals 0.5-0.8x as long as the pedicel, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm160503_186
May Haywood-Jackson Counties NC
Stamens about as long as pistil or shorter, visible from side view, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm160503_188
May Haywood-Jackson Counties NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_erectum_5_06_07_3_s
May Towns-Union Counties GA
Brasstown Bald
Petals lanceolate to narrowly ovate or elliptic, per Weakley's Flora.