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Liliaceae>Trillium (wake-robin) | |
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Wake Robin (Trillium erectum) Graham Co., NC 1 May 2004 Spring to summer bloomer in the NC mountains |
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Wake Robin (Trillium erectum) Graham Co., NC 1 May 2004 |
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Wake Robin, white variety (Trillium erectum var. album) Haywood Co., NC 15 Apr 2006 |
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Wake Robin, white variety (Trillium erectum var. album) Haywood Co., NC 15 Apr 2006 |
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Wake Robin, white variety (Trillium erectum var. album) Haywood Co., NC 15 Apr 2006 |
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Wake Robin (Trillium erectum) Watauga Co., NC 21 July 2006 Fruit is an ovoid to elliptic purple berry. |
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Catesby's Trillium, Bashful Wakerobin (Trillium catesbaei) Durham Co., NC 1 May 2005 Locally common in the NC piedmont; uncommon in the NC mountains. Found in fairly rich coves, wooded slopes, etc. |
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Catesby's Trillium, Bashful Wakerobin (Trillium catesbaei) Durham Co., NC 1 May 2005 |
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Catesby's Trillium, Bashful Wakerobin (Trillium catesbaei) Jackson Co., NC 14 May 2006 Flower color varies from nearly white to nearly magenta. |
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Catesby's Trillium, Bashful Wakerobin (Trillium catesbaei) Jackson Co., NC 14 May 2006 |
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Catesby's Trillium, Bashful Wakerobin (Trillium catesbaei) Jackson Co., NC 14 May 2006 |
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Showy Trillium, aka Snow Trillium, aka Large White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) Clay Co., NC 14 May 2005 Spring to summer bloomer in rich woodlands in the NC mountains & upper piedmont |
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Showy Trillium, aka Snow Trillium, aka Large White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) Graham Co., NC 1 May 2004 Fresh flowers are white, then they turn pinkish as they age. |
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Yellow Trillium (Trillium luteum) Graham Co., NC 1 May 2004 Spring to summer bloomer in the NC mountains |
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Yellow Trillium (Trillium luteum) Graham Co., NC 28 Apr 2006 |
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Yellow Trillium (Trillium luteum) Graham Co., NC 28 Apr 2006 |
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Mottled Wakerobin, Pale Yellow Trillium, Faded Trillium, Small Yellow Toadshade (Trillium discolor) Jackson Co., NC 14 May 2006 Rare in NC, Trillium discolor is endemic to the Savannah River drainage area extending to a few counties in southwestern NC. |
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Mottled Wakerobin, Pale Yellow Trillium, Faded Trillium, Small Yellow Toadshade (Trillium discolor) Jackson Co., NC 14 May 2006 |
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Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum) Graham Co., NC 1 May 2004 Spring to summer bloomer in the NC mountains |
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Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum) Graham Co., NC 1 May 2004 |
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Sweet Wakerobin, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Beth (Trillium vaseyi) Jackson Co., NC 14 May 2006 Uncommon in rich forest coves in the NC mountains, Trillium vaseyi is endemic to the southern Appalachians. |
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Sweet Wakerobin, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Beth (Trillium vaseyi) Jackson Co., NC 14 May 2006 |
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Sweet Wakerobin, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Beth (Trillium vaseyi) Clay Co., NC 19 May 2007 |
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Sweet Wakerobin, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Beth (Trillium vaseyi) Clay Co., NC 19 May 2007 |
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Western Trillium, Pacific Trillium, Western Wake-Robin (Trillium ovatum) Pulaski Trail, Shoshone Co., ID 6 May 2012 Widespread in forests of the western US from the Rocky Mountains westward. Flowers are white when they first emerge and turn varying shades of pink as they age. |
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Western Trillium, Pacific Trillium, Western Wake-Robin (Trillium ovatum) Pulaski Trail, Wallace, ID 9 May 2010 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
Created on ... May 7, 2006 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com