Trillium rugelii

Trillium rugelii, also known as the southern nodding trillium[2] or illscented wakerobin,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is native to parts of the southeastern United States. It is found in the Great Smoky Mountains,[4] Fernbank Forest, Steven's Creek Heritage Preserve, and other places of the Piedmont and southern Appalachian Mountains in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee.[5] It prefers to grow near streams in humus-rich soil under the shade of deciduous trees.

Trillium rugelii

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species:
T. rugelii
Binomial name
Trillium rugelii
Rendle, 1901

Trillium rugelii is a perennial herbaceous plant that blooms mid April to May.[6] Like some other trillium species (such as T. catesbaei, T. cernuum, and T. vaseyi), its flower hangs below the leaves. In the past, many authors incorrectly cited specimens as Trillium cernuum, which has a similar though smaller flower with shorter stamens and thinner petals. Also, T. cernuum grows farther north and is less robust.

Status

As of 2009 the species is endangered in Tennessee,[7] Georgia, and other parts of the United States.[8]

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 rugelii". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved May 3, 2008.
  2. Stritch, Larry. "Southern Nodding Trillium (Trillium rugelii)". United States Forest Service. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  3. "Trillium rugelii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. Tim Johnson (1998). CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference. CRC Press. p. 852. ISBN 0-8493-1187-X. LCCN 98-40036.
  5. "Trillium rugelii". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  6. Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium rugelii". 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.
  7. Edward W. Chester; B. Eugene Wofford; Dwayne Estes; Claude Bailey (2009). Barney Lipscomb (ed.). A Fifth Checklist of Tennessee Vascular Plants. Botanical Research Institute of Texas. p. 18. ISBN 978-1889878-26-3.
  8. Linda G. Chafin (2007). Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia. University of Georgia/The State Botanical Garden of Georgia. p. 409. ISBN 978-0-9779621-1-2. LCCN 2006036364.
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