Trillium vaseyi

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]

Trillium vaseyi
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this 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 erectum var. vaseyi (Harb.) H.E.Ahles
  • Trillium vaseyi f. album House

Description

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]

Taxonomy

Trillium vaseyi was described by American botanist Thomas Grant Harbison in 1901.[3]

Conservation

As of April 2023, 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.

References
  1. "Trillium vaseyi". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  2. "Texas Trillium (Trillium vaseyi)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Version 2022-2. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. "Trillium vaseyi Harb.". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  4. "Trillium vaseyi". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trillium vaseyi". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  6. Harbison, T. G. (1901). "New or little known species of Trillium". Biltmore Botanical Studies. 1 (1): 24. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  7. Barksdale, Lane 1938. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 54(2): 285
  8. Tropicos, Trillium vaseyi Harb.
  9. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  10. Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium vaseyi". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Bibliography
  • Case, Frederick W.; Case, Roberta B. (1997). Trilliums. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 170–176. ISBN 978-0-88192-374-2.
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