OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium lancifolium   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Trillium lancifolium

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

Trillium lancifolium

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

Trillium lancifolium

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

Trillium lancifolium

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-004:

Trillium lanceolatum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Trillium lanceolatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Lanceleaf Trillium, Narrowleaf Trillium


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JK Marlow    jkm100313_024

March    Gadsden County    FL

Angus Gholson Nature Park

Sepals abruptly deflexed between and below the leaves, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Trillium lancifolium, Lanceleaf Trillium, Narrowleaf Trillium

JK Marlow    jkm100313_026

March    Gadsden County    FL

Angus Gholson Nature Park

Seedlings.

image of Trillium lancifolium, Lanceleaf Trillium, Narrowleaf Trillium

JK Marlow    jkm120325_883

March    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

image of Trillium lancifolium, Lanceleaf Trillium, Narrowleaf Trillium

Keith Bradley    kab_t_lancifolium_1497

March    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

image of Trillium lancifolium, Lanceleaf Trillium, Narrowleaf Trillium

Ed Pivorun    ebp090404_5006

April    Walker County    GA

Pigeon Mountain

Sepals abruptly spreading to reflexed, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).

image of Trillium lancifolium, Lanceleaf Trillium, Narrowleaf Trillium

Bill Sharpton    gws1550_a

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

Leaves borne in a descending or drooping manner, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Trillium lancifolium, Lanceleaf Trillium, Narrowleaf Trillium

Harry Davis    hld1550_crw_0005

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

Petals stiffly erect, extremely narrow; stamens arched over ovary, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).

image of Trillium lancifolium, Lanceleaf Trillium, Narrowleaf Trillium

JK Marlow    jkm180408_248

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

Stems purple below, green above, 10-30 cm tall, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Trillium lancifolium, Lanceleaf Trillium, Narrowleaf Trillium

Keith Bradley    kab_t_lancifolium_5568

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

image of Trillium lancifolium, Lanceleaf Trillium, Narrowleaf Trillium

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_t_lancifolium_atlhis1

April    Fulton County    GA

Atlanta History Center

image of Trillium lancifolium, Lanceleaf Trillium, Narrowleaf Trillium

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_trillium_lancifolium

April    Floyd County    GA

Coosa River Nature Center

image of Trillium lancifolium, Lanceleaf Trillium, Narrowleaf Trillium

JK Marlow    jkm080507_013

May    Greenville County    SC

In cultivation

Leaves mottled, sessile, narrowly elliptic, 2-3" long, rarely > 1" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium lancifolium   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-004:
Trillium lanceolatum   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trillium lanceolatum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1550

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rich forests over marble, limestone, and other calcareous substrates, floodplain forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
Maroon/ Greenish-maroon
Flowers are sessile.
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring
Dark purple
Berry

 

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