Trillium sulcatum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Liliales

Familia: Melanthiaceae
Tribus: Parideae
Genus: Trillium
Species: Trillium sulcatum
Name

Trillium sulcatum T.S.Patrick, 1984

Holotype: TENN
References

Thomas S. Patrick, 1984: Brittonia 36: 27

Vernacular names
English: Southern red Trillium, Barksdale Trillium, Furrowed wakerobin

Trillium sulcatum, the furrowed wakerobin,[3] southern red trillium[4] or Barksdale trillium, is a perennial wildflower that blooms in April and May. It is native to the southern Appalachian Mountains and nearby areas from West Virginia to Alabama.[5]

Trillium sulcatum bears its dark reddish flower on a pedicel above the leaves, with recurved (bent backwards) petals. The berry is also red.[6][4]
References

"Trillium sulcatum". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
"Trillium sulcatum". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trillium sulcatum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium sulcatum". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
"Trillium sulcatum". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
Patrick, Thomas S. (1984). "Trillium sulcatum (Liliaceae), a New Species of the Southern Appalachians". Brittonia. New York Botanical Garden. 36 (1): 26–36. doi:10.2307/2806287. JSTOR 2806287. S2CID 85116255.