Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Trillium grandiflorum
FAMILY
Trilliaceae
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Learn more about Trillium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium grandiflorum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007)
Trillium grandiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-008:
Trillium grandiflorum FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trillium grandiflorum
COMMON NAME:
Large-flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Wake-robin, Showy Wake-robin
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_trgr4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm070324_005
March Greenville County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_t_grandiflorum_s
March
Sepals 3-6cm long, 1.8-2.5cm wide, horizontally spreading, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Craig Myers cam_whitepinktrillium
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The widely flaring, ruffled white petals quickly fade to pink, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Harry Davis hld1549_crw_0735
April NC-TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Petals overlap at the base to form a strongly funnel-shaped flower, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
COMPARE
flowers of white-flowering Trilliums
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JK Marlow jkm0404i_03
April Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm0404j_07
April Polk County NC
Pearson's Falls
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JK Marlow jkm0504m_28
April Polk County NC
Leaves without stalks, blades widest below middle, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm120426_672b
April Yancey County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Flowers above leaves; anthers straight, pale yellow, concealing young ovary, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm140418_303
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm140418_310
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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JK Marlow jkm190413_7325
April Rabun County GA
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Kevin Adams kcatrilliumgrandiflo_w14
April NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Ron Lance rwl_tgrandiflorum
April Jackson County NC
Flowers resemble trumpets, flaring outward from a tube-like base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Tim Spira tpstgrandiflorum5
April
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Bill Sharpton gws_largeflwrtrillium
April? NC-TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Keith Bradley kab_t_grandiflorum_5588
May Mitchell County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Keith Bradley kab_t_grandiflorum_7760
May NC
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Keith Bradley kab_t_grandiflorum_7790
May NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Trillium grandiflorum
FAMILY
Trilliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium grandiflorum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007)
Trillium grandiflorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-008:
Trillium grandiflorum
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trillium grandiflorum
1549
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich coves and mesic slopes, also less typically on ridges over "rich" rock types, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
A single terminal whorl of 3 leaves
Leaves sessile to subsessile
FLOWER:
Spring
White
turning pink with age
Pedicel 1.5-10cm long
Flowers above the leaves
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
FRUIT:
Summer
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p183
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p024
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p127
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p124
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p411
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p094
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p169
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p021
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p423
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p377
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p428
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p457
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p016