Trillium catesbaei

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Trillium catesbaei
Trillium catesbaei.jpg
Status TNC G4.svg
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species:
T. catesbaei
Binomial name
Trillium catesbaei
Synonyms [2]
Heterotypic synonyms
    • Delostylis cernuumRaf.
    • Delostylis stylosum(Nutt.) Raf.
    • Trillium balduinianumRaf.
    • Trillium declinatumRaf.
    • Trillium nervosumElliott
    • Trillium stylosumNutt.

Trillium catesbaei, also known as bashful wakerobin [3] or rosy wake-robin, is a spring flowering perennial plant found in the southeastern United States.

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Description

Trillium catesbaei is a perennial herb spreading 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). [4]

Taxonomy

A botanical illustration of Trillium catesbaei published by Mark Catesby in 1730. The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands by Mark Catesby, digitally enhanced y rawpixel-com 71.jpg
A botanical illustration of Trillium catesbaei published by Mark Catesby in 1730.

Trillium catesbaei was named and described by the American botanist Stephen Elliott in 1817. [5] The specific epithet catesbaei honors the English naturalist Mark Catesby who published an illustration of Trillium catesbaeiElliott in 1730. [6] [7]

Distribution and habitat

Trillium catesbaei is found in the southeastern United States. [8] Like most trilliums, it prefers moist, humus-rich soil in shade. Its northern limit includes the Great Smoky Mountains and other parts of North Carolina and Tennessee. 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. Its southernmost natural occurrence is in Escambia County, Alabama.

References

  1. ↑ "Trillium catesbaei". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
  2. ↑ "Trillium catesbaeiElliott". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  3. ↑ NRCS. "Trillium catesbaei". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 96 Catesby’s trillium, bashful trillium Trillium catesbaei Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina. 1: 429. 1817
  5. ↑ "Trillium catesbaeiElliott". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens . Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  6. ↑ Catesby (1734–1747), p. 45, t. 45.
  7. ↑ Reveal (2012), pp. 6, 17.
  8. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map

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