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Bashful wakerobin

Trillium catesbaei

Also called Bashful Trillium, Catesby’s Trillium, Catesby’s Wakerobin, Catesby's Trillium

Bashful wakerobin
Photo: Halpaugh at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Family
Melanthiaceae (Melanthi family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Trillium catesbaei, also known as bashful wakerobin or rosy wake-robin, is a spring flowering perennial plant found in the southeastern United States.

Where it grows

Trillium catesbaei is found in the southeastern United States. 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.

Other Trillium plants

Giant white wakerobin · Narrowpetal wakerobin · Kamchatka Trillium · Whip-poor-will flower · Trillium channellii · Giant wakerobin · Wenatchee Mountains Trillium · Little sweet Betsy · Chattahoochee River wakerobin · Trailing wakerobin · Mottled wakerobin · Red trillium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trillium catesbaei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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