Catesby’s Trillium flowers hang below the leaves in contrast to most Trillium sp. whose flowers stand above the leaves. This plant was growing in deep shade and was only 6 to 7 inches tall.
Young flowers are white.
This plant was growing in a more open area. It was about 12 to 15 inches tall.
A closer view
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Flowers turn pink as they age. Trillium catesbaei is native to the southeastern United States: North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and southeast Tennessee.
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Distribution Map:
- United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database: Trillium catesbaei (Bashful Wakerobin)
- University of North Carolina Herbarium: Trillium catesbaei
Identification resources:
- Southeastern Flora: Bashful Wakerobin (Trillium catesbaei)
- Natural and Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas and Georgia: Catesby's Trillium, Rosy Wake-robin, Bashful Trillium, Rose Trillium (Trillium catesbaei)
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Very pretty. Very dainty! Here in Ontario, the Trillium grandiflorum have just finished blooming. It's lovely to see them carpeting the woodlands. They're widely recognised as the provincial emblem and "Trillium" is an oft-used term for provincial organizations, everything from the Trillium Hunter Jumper Association to the Ontario Trillium Foundation
ReplyDeleteI envy you if the trilliums grow in carpets. In most places down here they occur in very small groups in moist areas along creeks. Otherwise it's too dry.
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