Trillium sulcatum T.S. Patrick. Subgenus: Trillium. Common name: Southern Red Trillium, Barksdale’s Trillium. Phenology: Apr-May. Habitat: Coves and moist slopes. Distribution: Primarily a species of the sedimentary rock Appalachians, T. sulcatum ranges from s. WV, sw. VA, and e. KY south to nw. NC (where it enters the Blue Ridge), w. TN, nw. GA, and ne. AL
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Other Comments: This species seems quite distinctive for its small, generally maroon flowers (with strongly sulcate sepals purplish as well), borne on very long pedicels. Petals maroon or white.
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, FNA26, K4, NS, POWO, Tn, Va, W, Case & Case (1997), Floden & Knapp (2023), Patrick (1986), Patrick (2007); < Trillium erectum L. — F, G, S; < Trillium erectum L. var. erectum — RAB, WV. Basionym: Trillium sulcatum T.S.Patrick 1984
Links to other floras: = Trillium sulcatum - FNA26
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Heliophily ⓘ: 2
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of coves and moist slopes.
Stems: Stems stout, unbranched, smooth.
Leaves: Leaves 3 in a whorl at top of stem, sessile, broadly elliptic to nearly diamond-shaped, 5-7 in. long.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flower solitary on a long, erect stalk arising from center of leaf whorl; maroon (rarely cream white). There are 3 spreading, oval, blunt-tipped petals with deeply incised veins; 3 green-suffused-with-purple, elliptic sepals; 6 stamens; and a red, round to pyramidal ovary.
Fruits: Fruit a reddish, 3-celled, fleshy capsule resembling a berry.
Comments:
Height: 11-24 in.
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description: Erect perennial of coves and moist slopes.
stems: Stems stout, unbranched, smooth.
leaves: Leaves 3 in a whorl at top of stem, sessile, broadly elliptic to nearly diamond-shaped, 5-7 in. long.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flower solitary on a long, erect stalk arising from center of leaf whorl; maroon (rarely cream white). There are 3 spreading, oval, blunt-tipped petals with deeply incised veins; 3 green-suffused-with-purple, elliptic sepals; 6 stamens; and a red, round to pyramidal ovary.
fruits: Fruit a reddish, 3-celled, fleshy capsule resembling a berry.
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