Trillium_vaseyi

<i>Trillium vaseyi</i>

Trillium vaseyi

Species of flowering plant

Trillium vaseyi, the sweet wakerobin[5] 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.[4][6][7][8][9]

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Description

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.[10]

Taxonomy

Trillium vaseyi was described by American botanist Thomas Grant Harbison in 1901.[3]

Conservation

As of April 2023, the global conservation status of Trillium vaseyi is listed as vulnerable and near threatened by NatureServe and IUCN (resp.).[1][2] It is critically imperiled in Alabama.

References

  1. [1]
    "Trillium vaseyi". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Texas Trillium (Trillium vaseyi)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Version 2022-2. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Trillium vaseyi Harb.". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Trillium vaseyi". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. [5]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trillium vaseyi". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  6. [6]
    Harbison, T. G. (1901). "New or little known species of Trillium". Biltmore Botanical Studies. 1 (1): 24. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  7. [7]
    Barksdale, Lane 1938. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 54(2): 285
  8. [8]
    Tropicos, Trillium vaseyi Harb.
  9. [9]
    Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  10. [10]
    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: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

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