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Trillium rugelii Rendle. Subgenus: Trillium. Southern Nodding Trillium. Phen: Apr-early May. Hab: Rich woodlands and forests over mafic or calcareous rocks. Dist: W. NC and e. TN south to c. GA, and c. AL

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Other Comments: Petals white or maroon.

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, K1, K3, K4, Tn, W, Case & Case (1997), Patrick (1986), Patrick (2007); < Trillium cernuum L. – F, RAB, S; < Trillium cernuum L. var. macranthum A.J.Eames & Wiegand – C, G

Links to other floras: = Trillium rugelii - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 2

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image of plant© Edwin Bridges | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Trillium rugelii, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Fulton County, Georgia 4 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Trillium rugelii, Talbot County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Edwin Bridges | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Will Stuart | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Trillium rugelii, Talbot County, Georgia, Steve Bowling 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect perennial of rich woodlands and forests over mafic or calcareous rocks.

Stems: Stem stout, unbranched, smooth.

Leaves: Leaves 3 in a whorl at top of tem, mostly sessile, diamond-shaped (broadest at middle) with rounded angles, 2 1/2-6 in. long.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flower solitary on a stalk arising from center of leaf whorl and nodding above or below leaves; white; consisting of 3 oval, recurved petals, 3 smaller and green sepals, 6 stamens (maroon anthers on white filaments) and a white ovary that may be maroon-tinged.

Fruits: Fruit a maroon, 3-celled, fleshy capsule resembling a berry.

Comments:

Height: 6-16 in.

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description: Erect perennial of rich woodlands and forests over mafic or calcareous rocks.

stems: Stem stout, unbranched, smooth.

leaves: Leaves 3 in a whorl at top of tem, mostly sessile, diamond-shaped (broadest at middle) with rounded angles, 2 1/2-6 in. long.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flower solitary on a stalk arising from center of leaf whorl and nodding above or below leaves; white; consisting of 3 oval, recurved petals, 3 smaller and green sepals, 6 stamens (maroon anthers on white filaments) and a white ovary that may be maroon-tinged.

fruits: Fruit a maroon, 3-celled, fleshy capsule resembling a berry.

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native range: southeastern United States