Trillium vaseyi
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species:
T. vaseyi
Binomial name
Trillium vaseyi
Synonyms[4]
  • Trillium erectum var. vaseyi (Harb.) H.E.Ahles
  • Trillium vaseyi f. album House

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]

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 2 "Trillium vaseyi". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Texas Trillium (Trillium vaseyi)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Version 2022-2. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Trillium vaseyi". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  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. ↑ Harbison, T. G. (1901). "New or little known species of Trillium". Biltmore Botanical Studies. 1 (1): 24. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  7. ↑ Barksdale, Lane 1938. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 54(2): 285
  8. ↑ Tropicos, Trillium vaseyi Harb.
  9. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  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.

Bibliography

  • Case, Frederick W.; Case, Roberta B. (1997). Trilliums. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 170–176. ISBN 978-0-88192-374-2.
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