Trillium catesbaei
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|name = Trillium catesbaei
|image = Trillium catesbaei.jpg
|status = G4
|status_system = TNC
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|taxon = Trillium catesbaei
|authority = Elliott
|synonyms =
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|Delostylis cernuum |Raf.
|Delostylis stylosum |(Nutt.) Raf.
|Trillium balduinianum |Raf.
|Trillium declinatum |Raf.
|Trillium nervosum |Elliott
|Trillium stylosum |Nutt.
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Trillium catesbaei, also known as bashful wakerobin{{PLANTS|id=TRCA11|taxon=Trillium catesbaei|accessdate=15 December 2015}} or rosy wake-robin, is a spring flowering perennial plant found in the southeastern United States.
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).[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101985 Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 96 Catesby’s trillium, bashful trillium Trillium catesbaei Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina. 1: 429. 1817]
Taxonomy
File:The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands by Mark Catesby, digitally enhanced y rawpixel-com 71.jpg of Trillium catesbaei published by Mark Catesby in 1730.]]
Trillium catesbaei was named and described by the American botanist Stephen Elliott in 1817.{{r|IPNI:328441-2}} The specific epithet catesbaei honors the English naturalist Mark Catesby who published an illustration of Trillium catesbaei {{small|Elliott}} in 1730.{{sfnp|Catesby|1734–1747|loc=[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/126524#page/204/mode/1up p. 45, t. 45]}}{{sfnp|Reveal|2012|pages=6,17}}
Distribution and habitat
Trillium catesbaei is found in the southeastern United States.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Trillium%20catesbaei.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map] 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
Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Catesby |first1=Mark |title=The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands |volume=2 |date=1734–1747 |publisher=self-published |location=London |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/126154#page/7/mode/1up |access-date=3 March 2025}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Reveal |first1=James L. |title=A nomenclatural summary of the plant and animal names based on images in Mark Catesby's Natural History (1729–1747) |journal=Phytoneuron 2012-11 |date=2012 |pages=1–32 |url=https://www.phytoneuron.net/PhytoN-Catesby.pdf |access-date=3 March 2025 |issn=2153 733X}}
External links
- [http://persoon.si.edu/PlantImages/rptDisplayRemote.cfm?myPlantName=Trillium%20catesbaei Images in the U.S. National Herbarium Plant Image Collection]
- {{ITIS|ID=43064|taxon=Trillium catesbaei}}
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Category:Flora of the Southeastern United States
Category:Plants described in 1817
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