Trillium catesbaei, also known as bashful wakerobin[3] or rosy wake-robin, is a spring flowering perennial plant found in the southeastern United States.[4] Like most trilliums, it prefers moist, humus-rich soil in shade.[2] Its northern limit includes the Great Smoky Mountains and other parts of North Carolina and Tennessee. Most of its populations are in the Piedmont from North Carolina to Alabama, under deciduous trees such as American beech, various oak and hickory species, and tulip poplar. Its southernmost natural occurrence is in Escambia County, Alabama.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Melanthiaceae |
| Genus: | Trillium |
| Species: | T. catesbaei
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Trillium catesbaei is a perennial herb spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Stems are up to 45 cm tall, with white, pink, or rose-colored flowers that sometimes turn darker pink as they get older. Sometimes the flowers are hidden behind green or yellow bracts (hence the "bashful" part of one of the common names).[5]
References
edit- ^ "Trillium catesbaei". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trillium catesbaei". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 96 Catesby’s trillium, bashful trillium Trillium catesbaei Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina. 1: 429. 1817
External links
edit- Images in the U.S. National Herbarium Plant Image Collection
- "Trillium catesbaei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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