Trillium maculatum

Trillium maculatum, the spotted wakerobin[2] or spotted trillium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is found only in the eastern United States (Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and northern Florida).[3][4][5]

Trillium maculatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species:
T. maculatum
Binomial name
Trillium maculatum
Synonyms[1]
  • Trillium maculatum f. luteum J.D.Freeman
  • Trillium maculatum f. simulans J.D.Freeman

Trillium maculatum is called "spotted" because of irregular dark splotches on the leaves and stems. It is a perennial herbaceous plant that flowers early February to early April.[6] The flower petals are deep red or reddish-purple but occasionally yellow.[7]

Bibliography
  • Case, Frederick W.; Case, Roberta B. (1997). Trilliums. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-374-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References
  1. "Trillium maculatum". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. "Trillium maculatum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  3. Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel 1830. Medical Flora 2: 103
  4. Freeman, J. D. 1975. Revision of Trillium subgenus Phyllantherum (Liliaceae). Brittonia 27: 1–62.
  5. "Trillium maculatum". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  6. Stritch, Larry. "Spotted Trillium (Trillium maculatum)". United States Forest Service. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  7. Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium maculatum". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 26. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.


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