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Trillium vaseyi, the sweet wakerobin[3] or sweet beth, is a spring flowering perennial plant which is found only in the southeastern United States, primarily in the southern part of the Appalachian Mountains but with a few populations farther south.[2][4][5][6][7]

Trillium vaseyi
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee
Conservation status

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species:
T. vaseyi
Binomial name
Trillium vaseyi
Harb., 1901
Synonyms[2]
  • Trillium erectum var. vaseyi (Harb.) H.E.Ahles
  • Trillium vaseyi f. album House

Sweet wakerobin has among the largest flowers in the trillium family, with red petals up to 7 cm long. It grows in rich woods, sometimes on riverbanks but other times on steep slopes.[8]


References


  1. "Trillium vaseyi". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "Trillium vaseyi". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trillium vaseyi". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. Harbison, T. G. (1901). "New or little known species of Trillium". Biltmore Botanical Studies. 1 (1): 24. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  5. Barksdale, Lane 1938. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 54(2): 285
  6. Tropicos, Trillium vaseyi Harb.
  7. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  8. Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium vaseyi". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.



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