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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium vaseyi   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Trillium vaseyi

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

Trillium vaseyi

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

Trillium vaseyi

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

Trillium vaseyi

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-006b:

Trillium erectum var. vaseyi   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Trillium vaseyi

 

COMMON NAME:
Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth


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image of Trillium vaseyi, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth

Alan Cressler    alc_5694507857_9b36dcb4ce

April    Fannin County    GA

Chattahoochee National Forest

The largest flower of all Trillium species, often nearly 4" in diameter, per Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962).

image of Trillium vaseyi, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth

Jim Fanning    jcf_tvaseyi2

April    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

Stamens with yellow to maroon anthers, much longer than purple-black ovary, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Trillium vaseyi, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth

JK Marlow    jkm100422_055

April    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

Flower on a long stalk, horizontal or declined below the leaves, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Trillium vaseyi, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth

JK Marlow    jkm100422_061

April    Pickens County    SC

Laurel Fork Heritage Preserve

image of Trillium vaseyi, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth

JK Marlow    jkm130420_468

April    Transylvania County    NC

Foothills Trail

image of Trillium vaseyi, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_t_vaseyi_vaseys_trill

April        

image of Trillium vaseyi, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth

Tim Spira    tpstvaseyi_flw1

April        

The flower is just opening - sepals still developing and petals still recurving.

image of Trillium vaseyi, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth

JK Marlow    jkm0305c_15

May    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

image of Trillium vaseyi, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth

JK Marlow    jkm0305d_13a

May    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

Leaves solid green, rhombic, 4-8" long & wide, with a tapering base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Trillium vaseyi, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth

JK Marlow    jkm060508_107

May    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

Nodding flowers with broadly ovate petals and long exserted stamens, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).

image of Trillium vaseyi, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth

JK Marlow    jkm060508_110

May    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

image of Trillium vaseyi, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth

JK Marlow    jkm160502_074

May    Macon County    NC

Petals strongly overlapping, usually maroon (rarely white or whitish), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Trillium vaseyi, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth

Keith Bradley    kab_trillium_vaseyi_73597

May        NC

image of Trillium vaseyi, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_t_vaseyi_vasey_9

May        

image of Trillium vaseyi, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_trillium_vaseyi_2

May        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium vaseyi   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

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

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-006b:
Trillium erectum var. vaseyi   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1559

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: cove forests, other rich forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain), endemic to Southern Appalachians

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

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Maroon or white
Pedicel 3-13cm long
Flowers below the leaves
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Dark reddish-maroon
Berry

 

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