Trillium catesbaei
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Melanthiaceae |
| Genus: | Trillium |
| Species: | T. catesbaei
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| Trillium catesbaei Elliott, 1817
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Trillium catesbaei, also known as bashful trillium,[3] Catesby's trillium,[4] or bashful wakerobin,[5] is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is found in the southeastern United States[6] where its northern limit includes the Great Smoky Mountains and other parts of North Carolina and Tennessee. Its southernmost natural occurrence is in Escambia County, Alabama. Most of its populations are in the Piedmont from North Carolina to Alabama, under deciduous trees such as American beech, various oak and hickory species, and tulip poplar. Like most trilliums, it prefers moist, humus-rich soil in shade.
Trillium catesbaei is a perennial herbaceous plant that spreads by means of underground rhizomes. Stems are up to 45 cm tall, with white, pink, or rose-colored flowers that sometimes turn darker pink as they get older. Sometimes the flowers are hidden behind green or yellow bracts (hence the "bashful" part of one of the common names).[3]
References
- ^ "Trillium catesbaei". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Trillium catesbaei". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ a b Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium catesbaei". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ Pistrang, Mark. "Catesby's Trillium (Trillium catesbaei)". United States Forest Service. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trillium catesbaei". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ "Trillium catesbaei". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
External links
- Citizen science observations for Trillium catesbaei at iNaturalist
- Images in the U.S. National Herbarium Plant Image Collection
- "Jones Gap State Park, Greenville County, South Carolina — Two Trillium species — 2013-04-18". Jim Fowler Photography. April 20, 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
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