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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium grandiflorum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Trillium grandiflorum

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

Trillium grandiflorum

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

Trillium grandiflorum

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

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


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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).

image of Trillium grandiflorum, Large-flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Wake-robin, Showy Wake-robin

Alan S. Weakley    asw_992606045448944

April    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

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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).

image of Trillium grandiflorum, Large-flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Wake-robin, Showy Wake-robin

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, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).


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JK Marlow    jkm0404i_03

April    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

image of Trillium grandiflorum, Large-flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Wake-robin, Showy Wake-robin

JK Marlow    jkm0404j_07

April    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

image of Trillium grandiflorum, Large-flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Wake-robin, Showy Wake-robin

JK Marlow    jkm0504m_28

April    Polk County    NC

Leaves without stalks, blades widest below middle, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).

image of Trillium grandiflorum, Large-flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Wake-robin, Showy Wake-robin

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).

image of Trillium grandiflorum, Large-flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Wake-robin, Showy Wake-robin

JK Marlow    jkm140418_303

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Trillium grandiflorum, Large-flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Wake-robin, Showy Wake-robin

JK Marlow    jkm140418_310

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Trillium grandiflorum, Large-flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Wake-robin, Showy Wake-robin

JK Marlow    jkm190413_7325

April    Rabun County    GA

image of Trillium grandiflorum, Large-flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Wake-robin, Showy Wake-robin

Kevin Adams    kcatrilliumgrandiflo_w14

April        NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Trillium grandiflorum, Large-flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Wake-robin, Showy Wake-robin

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        

image of Trillium grandiflorum, Large-flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Wake-robin, Showy Wake-robin

Bill Sharpton    gws_largeflwrtrillium

April?        NC-TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Trillium grandiflorum, Large-flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Wake-robin, Showy Wake-robin

Keith Bradley    kab_t_grandiflorum_5588

May    Mitchell County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Trillium grandiflorum, Large-flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Wake-robin, Showy Wake-robin

Keith Bradley    kab_t_grandiflorum_7760

May        NC

image of Trillium grandiflorum, Large-flowered Trillium, Great White Trillium, White Wake-robin, Showy Wake-robin

Keith Bradley    kab_t_grandiflorum_7790

May        NC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium grandiflorum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

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

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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

Common in Mountains of GA & NC, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare in SC)

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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
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Pale green
Berry

 

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