Trillium rugelii

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Family:MELANTHIACEAE
Species:Trillium rugelii Rendle
Common Name:Southern Nodding Trillium; Ill Scented Wakerobin
Habitat:Rich mesic hardwoods.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Southern Nodding Trillium is a native herbaceous perennial in the Trillium family (Trilliaceae). It occurs primarily in eastern and northern Alabama. Southern Nodding Trillium grows in rich hardwood forests, along streams, and in rocky woods. It is a perennial from a short, thick rhizome. Each rhizome usually produces a single stem topped by three bracts (leaves). Stems are from 6-18 inches in height. The bracts are green, petiolate, rhombic in outline, glabrous, and entire. Each mature plant produces a single flower. Southern Nodding Trillium is a member of the pedicellate group of Trilliums. These Trilliums have flowers on a short stalk (the pedicel). The flowers of Southern Nodding Trillium are strongly nodding below the bracts. Each flower has three spreading green sepals, three recurved white (rarely rose or purple) petals, and six reddish or white stamens. The fruit is a pulpy maroon capsule with several seed. When mature the seed in brown in color with a white elaiosome. Southern Nodding Trillium is listed as an S2 species in Alabama (typically 6 to 20 occurrences, few remaining individuals, or factors demonstrably making it very vulnerable in the state), and globally as a G3 species (imperiled globally because of rarity or very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range because of other factors). Southern Nodding Trillium is sometimes available from wildflower nurseries. Only purchase plants from nurseries who have grown them and not those selling wild collected plants. Southern Nodding Trillium prefers a moist to mesic organic rich soil in partial to full shade. Plants can be naturalized in a woodland or planted in beds under hardwoods.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, S2? (State Rank), G3 (Global Rank)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyMELANTHIACEAE - Bunchflower family
Genus Trillium
Species Trillium rugelii Rendle - Southern Nodding Trillium; Ill Scented Wakerobin

Citation

Citation Trillium rugelii Rendle, J. Bot. 39(466): 331–332, pl. 426, f. B. 1901.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: NORTH CAROLINA: on the mountains at Broad River, Mar 1841, Rugel s.n. (BM?).

** Not applicable or data not available.

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; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Jackson, Jefferson, Lee, Lowndes, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1965 - 1987

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA000000346 Shelby 12 Apr 1998 Schotz, Alfred
1607		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
UNA00022112 Shelby 29 Mar 1973 Kral, Robert
49435		 UNA
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000000344 Lee 11 Apr 1985 Freeman, John D.
S. N.		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
UNA00026068 Coosa 15 Apr 1977 Harvey, Denise
172		 UNA
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000024568 St. Clair 7 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3455		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
AUA000000332 Lee 8 Apr 1969 Hall, William G.
066		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
JSU112745 Clay 10 Apr 1981 Whetstone, R. David
10508		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
ALNHS00002594 Randolph 15 May 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1387		 ALNHS
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000000247 Shelby 16 Apr 1973 Kral, Robert
49671		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
UNA00026069 Clay 30 Apr 1987 Haynes, Robert R.
9017		 UNA
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000000339 Lee 9 Apr 1969 Gregory, J.M.
087		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
AUA000039517 Lee 6 Apr 1954 Hocking, George M.
1017		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
JSU112762 Talladega 2 May 1981 Whetstone, R. David
10618		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
JSU112746 Clay 30 Jul 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4283		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000024571 Walker 1 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3434		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
JSU112759 Lee 17 Apr 1969 Bozarth, Gene A.
s.n.		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AMAL00016268 Lee 6 Apr 2009 Barger, T. Wayne
40		 AMAL
Trillium rugelii Rendle
JSU112754 Cleburne 8 Apr 1971 Johnson, Jean
s.n.		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
UNA00067003 St. Clair 07 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3455		 UNA
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AMAL00022290 Cleburne 28 Apr 2015 Hodge, Lesley M.
4521		 AMAL
Trillium rugelii Rendle
UNA00026067 Lee 30 Apr 1980 Haynes, Robert R.
7760		 UNA
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000000335 Lee 13 Apr 1978 Grant, Mary P.
057		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
JSU112763 Talladega 5 May 1980 Whetstone, R. David
9945		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000035454 Calhoun 12 Apr 2013 Schotz, Alfred
2180		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
AUA000000326 Blount 23 Jun 1985 Freeman, John D.
S. N.		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
ALNHS00001778 Lee 06 May 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#925		 ALNHS
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AMAL00015917 Walker 1 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3434		 AMAL
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000000340 Lee 22 Apr 1965 Schultz, Don
 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
AUA000000333 Lee 31 Mar 1969 Moore, Harold D.
019-69		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
JSU112761 Talladega 10 Apr 1981 Whetstone, R. David
10516		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
TROY000026047 Wilcox 03 Apr 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4173		 TROY
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000000331 Fayette 20 Apr 1965 Kral, Robert
23756		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
UNA00054157 Blount 28 Mar 1998 Keener, Brian R.
540		 UNA
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000000343 Lee 18 Apr 1969 Moore, Harold D.
101-69		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
JSU112750 Cleburne 8 Apr 1971 Bryant, Susan
s.n.		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000000347 Lee 17 May 1979 Owsley, C.Michael
 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
AUA000000330 Elmore 28 Apr 1966 Berry, Robert
 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
AUA000000342 Lee 9 Apr 1969 Sheldon, Joe
7.2		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
SAMF0000583 Walker 01 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3434		 SAMF
Trillium rugelii Rendle
JSU112743 Clay 20 Mar 1993 Ballard, J. Mark
1386		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
UNA00065506 Randolph 22 Apr 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
3681		 UNA
Trillium rugelii Rendle
JSU112756 Cleburne 8 Apr 1970 Heathcock, Doug A.
s.n.		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
UWAL0033896 Fayette 30 Mar 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9430		 UWAL
Trillium rugelii Rendle
JSU112760 St. Clair 23 Apr 1984 Whetstone, R. David
15000		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
JSU112749 Cleburne 28 Apr 1976 Atkinson, Tim A.
1443		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AMAL00010418 Randolph 22 Apr 1988 Nixon, Christoper F.
3682		 AMAL
Trillium rugelii Rendle
JSU112744 Clay 2 May 1981 Whetstone, R. David
10669		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
UWAL0034770 Cleburne 23 Apr 1990 Kral, Robert
77372		 UWAL
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000000338 Lee 10 Apr 1959 Dorough, Wyman
 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
UWAL0002535 Wilcox 03 Apr 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4173		 UWAL
Trillium rugelii Rendle
SAMF0000571 Jefferson 27 Apr 2007 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3690		 SAMF
Trillium rugelii Rendle
JSU146132 Cleburne 29 Apr 1997 Hutchinson, Francine
2473		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
TROY000025947 Walker 01 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3434		 TROY
Trillium rugelii Rendle
UNA00068793 Wilcox 03 Apr 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4173		 UNA
Trillium rugelii Rendle
JSU112752 Cleburne 16 Apr 1968 Stuart, Martha
s.n.		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000000336 Lee 8 Apr 1970 Davidson, John
 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
JSU112742 Cherokee 15 Apr 1967 Reynolds, Elaine
s.n.		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000025988 Wilcox 29 Mar 2008 Schotz, Alfred
2072		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
AUA000000334 Lee 29 Aug 1988 Freeman, John D.
S. N.		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
TROY000034043 Lowndes 20 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6004		 TROY
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AMAL00001234 Blount 28 Mar 1998 Keener, Brian R.
540		 AMAL
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000000341 Lee 4 Feb 1966 Searcy, James W.
 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
UWAL0002531 Coosa 28 Apr 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4372		 UWAL
Trillium rugelii Rendle
JSU112748 Cleburne 12 May 1980 Whetstone, R. David
10128		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AMAL00014858 Coosa 19 Apr 2008 Schotz, Alfred
2079		 AMAL
Trillium rugelii Rendle
TROY000025946 St. Clair 07 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3455		 TROY
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000000246 Shelby 29 Mar 1973 Kral, Robert
49435		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
TROY000011293 Lee 30 Mar 2001 Threlkeld, Steven J.
1379		 TROY
Trillium rugelii Rendle
UWAL0002532 St. Clair 07 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3455		 UWAL
Trillium rugelii Rendle
JSU112751 Cleburne 16 Apr 1968 Brown, Dickie
s.n.		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000000329 Cleburne 16 Apr 1968 O'Neal, Judy
 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
AMAL00003168 St. Clair 7 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3455		 AMAL
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000000348 Shelby 19 Jun 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1616		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
UWAL0002533 Tuscaloosa 30 Mar 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5127		 UWAL
Trillium rugelii Rendle
UNA00026059 DeKalb 16 Apr 1965 Nelson, Walter R.
s.n.		 UNA
Trillium rugelii Rendle
JSU112753 Cleburne 8 Apr 1970 Heathcock, Doug A.
s.n.		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
UWAL0002950 Lowndes 20 May 2010 Keener, Brian R.
6004		 UWAL
Trillium rugelii Rendle
JSU112755 Cleburne 14 Apr 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9664		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000000345 Lee 4 Apr 2001 Hansen, Curtis J.
2001-25		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
JSU112747 Clay 18 Apr 1980 Whetstone, R. David
9854		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000000328 Clay 12 Apr 1979 Pitts, J.
 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
AUA000000337 Lee 29 Apr 1959 Brady, Jr., V.E.
 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
UWAL0002534 Walker 01 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3434		 UWAL
Trillium rugelii Rendle
SAMF0000570 Shelby 14 Apr 1996 Stiles, Jimmy
20		 SAMF
Trillium rugelii Rendle
JSU112758 Jackson 25 May 1995 Ballard, J. Mark
5573		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
UWAL0054166 Talladega 10 Apr 2020 Spaulding, Daniel D.
16880		 UWAL
Trillium rugelii Rendle
UNA00066996 Walker 01 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3434		 UNA
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AMAL00023325 Fayette 30 Mar 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9430		 AMAL
Trillium rugelii Rendle
AUA000000327 Clay 12 Apr 1979 Creswell, Tommy
064		 AUA
Trillium Rugelii Rendle
ALNHS00006846 Lee 02 Apr 2020 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5147		 ALNHS
Trillium rugelii Rendle
JSU112757 Etowah 8 Apr 1967 Prater, Pat
s.n.		 JSU
Trillium rugelii Rendle
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