Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Trillium vaseyi
FAMILY
Trilliaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium vaseyi
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007)
Trillium vaseyi
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-006b:
Trillium erectum var. vaseyi FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trillium vaseyi
COMMON NAME:
Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth
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Alan Cressler alc_5694507857_9b36dcb4ce
April Fannin County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
The largest flower of all Trillium species, often nearly 4" in diameter, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962).
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Jim Fanning jcf_tvaseyi2
April Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
Stamens with yellow to maroon anthers, much longer than purple-black ovary, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm100422_055
April Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
Flower on a long stalk, horizontal or declined below the leaves, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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JK Marlow jkm100422_061
April Pickens County SC
Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm130420_468
April Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_vaseyi_vaseys_trill
April
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Tim Spira tpstvaseyi_flw1
April
The flower is just opening - sepals still developing and petals still recurving.
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JK Marlow jkm0305c_15
May Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0305d_13a
May Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
Leaves solid green, rhombic, 4-8" long & wide, with a tapering base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm060508_107
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
Nodding flowers with broadly ovate petals and long exserted stamens, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm060508_110
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm160502_074
May Macon County NC
Petals strongly overlapping, usually maroon (rarely white or whitish), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Keith Bradley kab_trillium_vaseyi_73597
May NC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_vaseyi_vasey_9
May
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_trillium_vaseyi_2
May
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Trillium vaseyi
FAMILY
Trilliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium vaseyi
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007)
Trillium vaseyi
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-006b:
Trillium erectum var. vaseyi
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trillium vaseyi
1559
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: cove forests, other rich forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
A single terminal whorl of 3 leaves
Leaves sessile to subsessile
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Maroon or white
Pedicel 3-13cm long
Flowers below the leaves
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
FRUIT:
Summer
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p058
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p128
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p124?
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p351
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p169
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p020
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p425
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p380
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p433
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p460
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p016