Trillium vaseyi | |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Melanthiaceae |
Genus: | Trillium |
Species: | T. vaseyi
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Binomial name | |
Trillium vaseyi | |
Synonyms [4] | |
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Trillium vaseyi, the sweet wakerobin [5] or sweet beth, is a spring flowering perennial plant which is found only in the southeastern United States, primarily in the southern part of the Appalachian Mountains but with a few populations farther south. [4] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Sweet wakerobin has among the largest flowers in the trillium family, with red petals up to 7 cm long. It grows in rich woods, sometimes on riverbanks but other times on steep slopes. [10]
Trillium vaseyi was described by American botanist Thomas Grant Harbison in 1901. [3]
As of April 2023 [update], the global conservation status of Trillium vaseyi is listed as vulnerable and near threatened by NatureServe and IUCN (resp.). [1] [2] It is critically imperiled in Alabama.
Trillium vaseyi | |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Liliales |
Family: | Melanthiaceae |
Genus: | Trillium |
Species: | T. vaseyi
|
Binomial name | |
Trillium vaseyi | |
Synonyms [4] | |
|
Trillium vaseyi, the sweet wakerobin [5] or sweet beth, is a spring flowering perennial plant which is found only in the southeastern United States, primarily in the southern part of the Appalachian Mountains but with a few populations farther south. [4] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Sweet wakerobin has among the largest flowers in the trillium family, with red petals up to 7 cm long. It grows in rich woods, sometimes on riverbanks but other times on steep slopes. [10]
Trillium vaseyi was described by American botanist Thomas Grant Harbison in 1901. [3]
As of April 2023 [update], the global conservation status of Trillium vaseyi is listed as vulnerable and near threatened by NatureServe and IUCN (resp.). [1] [2] It is critically imperiled in Alabama.