OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium undulatum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Trillidium undulatum

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

Trillium undulatum

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

Trillium undulatum

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

Trillium undulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-010:

Trillium undulatum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Trillium undulatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin


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image of Trillidium undulatum, Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_trun_001_lvd

        

image of Trillidium undulatum, Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

JK Marlow    jkm120426_826

April    Yancey County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Occasionally a trillium has four leaves!

image of Trillidium undulatum, Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

JK Marlow    jkm120426_828

April    Yancey County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Trillidium undulatum, Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

JK Marlow    jkm230420_2716

April    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

image of Trillidium undulatum, Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

JK Marlow    jkm230420_2718

April    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

image of Trillidium undulatum, Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

Keith Bradley    kab_t_undulatum_03100

April    Greenville County    SC

Sepals spreading, wine red to dull maroon green, rarely white-striated, per Flora of North America.

image of Trillidium undulatum, Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

Harry Davis    hld1558_crw_6419

May        NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Filaments are white; anthers yellow or purple; ovary white, not angled, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Trillidium undulatum, Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

JK Marlow    jkm0505f_21

May    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Of all of our trilliums, this is the best adapted to acid soils, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Trillidium undulatum, Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

Keith Bradley    kab_t_undulatum_5702

May    Mitchell County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Trillidium undulatum, Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

Keith Bradley    kab_t_undulatum_73370

May        NC

image of Trillidium undulatum, Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_t_undulatum_lake_w_16

May    Union County    GA

Lake Winfield Scott

image of Trillidium undulatum, Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_trillium_undulatum_2

May        

image of Trillidium undulatum, Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

Will Stuart    wil211240029_6c6aaeec58

May    Avery County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Petals usually white with an inverted red "V" near the base, often undulate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Trillidium undulatum, Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

JK Marlow    jkm0507n_17

July    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Leaves are clearly petioled and acuminate, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Trillidium undulatum, Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

Tim Spira    tpstundulatum

July        

Berry scarlet, ovoid to ellipsoid, 1.2-2.2cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Trillidium undulatum, Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

Gill Newberry    gn081223_0862

August        NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Fruits quickly deciduous upon ripening, scarlet, obscurely 3-angled to cylindrical, juicy, per Flora of North America.

image of Trillidium undulatum, Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

JK Marlow    jkm0508b_07

August    Transylvania County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

Leaves distintly petiolate, often ~ 1cm long, and have a blue-green cast, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Trillidium undulatum, Painted Trillium, Striped Wake-robin

JK Marlow    jkm0508c_15

August    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Petioles 3-20 mm long; pedicels 1.5-5.8 cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium undulatum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-010:
Trillium undulatum   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1558

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Acidic soils of ridges, slopes, and bog margins, mostly at high elevations and often associated with Rhododendron, Tsuga, Pinus, or Picea, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains of GA & NC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
A single terminal whorl of 3 leaves
Petioles 3-20mm long

FLOWER:
Spring
White (with inverted red "V")
Pedicel 1.5-5.8cm long
Flowers above the leaves
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Red, scarlet
Berry

 

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