On our previous trips to Boggs Creek Recreation Area in the Chestatee
Wildlife Management in Lumpkin County, we had found a new (for us) trillium that
had set buds which were curling under the leaves as they developed. Now the
question would be… ‘What color is the flower’. I was placing bets with myself
as to which trillium they would be. A white flower would be the Illscented
Wakerobin (Trillium rugelii) and a maroon flower would be the Sweet Wakerobin
(Trillium vaseyi). Which would it be? I was betting it would be a white
trillium…
When we pulled into the parking spot, we couldn’t see any color at all. Disappointment. But then we spotted a flash of color… Maroon! The flower was maroon. Trillium vaseyi (Sweet Wakerobin, Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth).
It was breezy that day but
I found a solitary plant at the base of a tree in the shade some distance from
the main patch.
With this mystery solved, we looked around for flowers of the Trillium catesbaei (Bashful Wakerobin, Catesby's Trillium, Rosy Wake-robin, Bashful Trillium, RoseTrillium) that we had seen scattered in the woods near the Trillium vaseyi
plants. The Trillium catesbaei plants were scattered not only here but along
the roadside to the end of the road that is still open. We found ourselves
stopping repeatedly to take ‘just one more’ photograph. Really, just one more…
The flowers are white when they first open but gradually turn pink
as they age.
We never tire of photographing trilliums.
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Identification Resources:
Southeastern Flora
Natural
and Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas and Georgia:
- Trillium vaseyi (Vasey's Trillium, Sweet Trillium, Sweet Beth) - Trillium catesbaei (Catesby's Trillium, Rosy Wake-robin, Bashful Trillium, Rose Trillium)
Distribution:
United
States Department of Agriculture Plants Database:
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