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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Trillium luteum   FAMILY Trilliaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium luteum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Trillium luteum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007)

Trillium luteum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Trillium luteum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Trillium luteum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-001b:

Trillium cuneatum var. luteum   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Trillium viride var. luteum

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Trillium sessile

 

COMMON NAME:
Yellow Trillium, Yellow Toadshade, Lemon-scented Trillium, Wax Trillium


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image of Trillium luteum, Yellow Trillium, Yellow Toadshade, Lemon-scented Trillium, Wax Trillium

Ben Geer Keys    bgk1545_a

April        

Leaves sometimes only weakly mottled, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).

image of Trillium luteum, Yellow Trillium, Yellow Toadshade, Lemon-scented Trillium, Wax Trillium

Craig Myers    cam_groupoftrilliums

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Flower lemon-scented, petals more or less erect & > 2x long as stamens, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Trillium luteum, Yellow Trillium, Yellow Toadshade, Lemon-scented Trillium, Wax Trillium

Harry Davis    hld1545_crw_0782

April        

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Ovary and stamens greenish-white during flowering, per Weakley's Flora.


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE stamen color in yellow-flowering Trilliums

image of Trillium luteum, Yellow Trillium, Yellow Toadshade, Lemon-scented Trillium, Wax Trillium

JK Marlow    jkm080420_008

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Trillium luteum, Yellow Trillium, Yellow Toadshade, Lemon-scented Trillium, Wax Trillium

JK Marlow    jkm080420_026

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Trillium luteum, Yellow Trillium, Yellow Toadshade, Lemon-scented Trillium, Wax Trillium

JK Marlow    jkm140418_316

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Pollen sacs facing inward, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).

image of Trillium luteum, Yellow Trillium, Yellow Toadshade, Lemon-scented Trillium, Wax Trillium

JK Marlow    jkm140418_319

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Trillium luteum, Yellow Trillium, Yellow Toadshade, Lemon-scented Trillium, Wax Trillium

JK Marlow    jkm150424_662

April    Blount County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Trillium luteum, Yellow Trillium, Yellow Toadshade, Lemon-scented Trillium, Wax Trillium

JK Marlow    jkm160426_565

April    Polk County    NC

In cultivation

image of Trillium luteum, Yellow Trillium, Yellow Toadshade, Lemon-scented Trillium, Wax Trillium

JK Marlow    jkm170415_696

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Trillium luteum, Yellow Trillium, Yellow Toadshade, Lemon-scented Trillium, Wax Trillium

Keith Bradley    kab_trillium_luteum_03029

April        NC

Petals erect, somewhat overlapping concealing inner parts, not clawed, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE petal shape in yellow-flowering Trilliums

image of Trillium luteum, Yellow Trillium, Yellow Toadshade, Lemon-scented Trillium, Wax Trillium

Keith Bradley    kab_trillium_luteum_4687

April    Blount County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Trillium luteum, Yellow Trillium, Yellow Toadshade, Lemon-scented Trillium, Wax Trillium

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_trillium_luteum_6

April        

image of Trillium luteum, Yellow Trillium, Yellow Toadshade, Lemon-scented Trillium, Wax Trillium

JK Marlow    jkm160727_416

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Trillium luteum, Yellow Trillium, Yellow Toadshade, Lemon-scented Trillium, Wax Trillium

JK Marlow    jkm160727_416b

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Trillium luteum   FAMILY Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium luteum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trillium luteum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007)
Trillium luteum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Trillium luteum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Trillium luteum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-001b:
Trillium cuneatum var. luteum   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Trillium viride var. luteum

INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trillium sessile

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1545

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist coves over mafic or calcareous rocks, locally abundant in the vicinity of the Great Smokies, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Locally abundant in the vicinity of the Great Smokies, uncommon to rare elsewhere. Nearly endemic to the Southern Appalachians

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LEAVES:
Simple
A single terminal whorl of 3 leaves
Leaves sessile

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Flowers are sessile.
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Green to greenish-white, occasionally with dark streaks
Berry

 

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