Trillium vaseyi

Classification	Monocots
Family	Trilliaceae
Family (Traditional)	Liliaceae
Genus	Trillium
Species:	Trillium vaseyi Harbison
Common Name	Sweet Wakerobin
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: GM; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Leaf Arrangement: whorled; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: palmate; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Carpel Number/Pistil: 3; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Berry; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: solitary; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 3; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Placentation Type: Parietal; Placentation Type: Need more information; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 3; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 6; Tepal Fusion: No; Tepal Number: 0
C value	7
Status	Native; TN[S3] (State Rank); G4 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Anderson (TN), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Hamilton (TN), Loudon (TN), Monroe (TN), Morgan (TN), Polk (TN), Roane (TN), Sevier (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, ETSU, TENN, UCHT, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0069422	Anderson	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069443	Sevier	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069424	Anderson	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
ETSU032350	Monroe	Tennessee	James T Donaldson	ETSU Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069439	Roane	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069441	Roane	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
UCHT007206	Polk	Tennessee		UCHT Trillium vaseyi
UCHT007205	Bradley	Tennessee		UCHT Trillium vaseyi
UCHT007204	Hamilton	Tennessee		UCHT Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069434	Morgan	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069420	Anderson	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069432	Morgan	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069426	Blount	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069428	Monroe	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069419	Anderson	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
UCHT038059	Polk	Tennessee		UCHT Trillium vaseyi
UCHT036277	Polk	Tennessee		UCHT Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069430	Morgan	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069435	Polk	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069431	Morgan	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069440	Roane	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069436	Polk	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069421	Anderson	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069442	Roane	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069427	Loudon	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069423	Anderson	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
UCHT038044	Polk	Tennessee		UCHT Trillium vaseyi
UCHT038058	Polk	Tennessee		UCHT Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069437	Polk	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069438	Polk	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
BRIT236635	Polk	Tennessee		VDB Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069425	Blount	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069429	Monroe	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
TENN-V-0069433	Morgan	Tennessee		TENN Trillium vaseyi
UCHT007207	Polk	Tennessee		UCHT Trillium vaseyi
UCHT007203	Polk	Tennessee		UCHT Trillium vaseyi
UCHT007202	Polk	Tennessee		UCHT Trillium vaseyi
APSC0031034	Monroe	Tennessee		APSC Trillium vaseyi

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Trillium vaseyi

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