Trillium rugelii Rendle. Subgenus: Trillium. Common name: Southern Nodding Trillium. Phenology: Apr-early May. Habitat: Rich woodlands and forests over mafic or calcareous rocks. Distribution: W. NC and e. TN south to c. GA, and c. AL
ID notes: Petals white or maroon.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, K4, NS, POWO, 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. Basionym: Trillium rugelii Rendle 1901
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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Horticultural Information
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
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