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|accepted_name=Trillium vaseyi
|accepted_authority=Harbison
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Biltmore Bot. Stud.
|place=1: 24. 1901
|year=1901
}}
|common_names=Sweet beth;sweet trillium;Vasey’s trillium
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Trillium erectum var. vaseyi
|authority=(Harbison) H. E. Ahles
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Liliaceae;Trillium;Trillium subg. Trillium;Trillium vaseyi
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Liliaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Trillium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Trillium subg. Trillium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Trillium vaseyi]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 93, 103, 104
|treatment_page=page 105
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>short, stout, praemorse. <b>Scapes</b> 1–2 per rhizome terminus, round in cross section, 3–6.5 dm, ± slender to stout, glabrous. <b>Bracts</b> sessile to subsessile; blade rhombic, 10–20 × 6–20 cm, often wider than long, not glossy, base attenuate, apex acuminate. <b>Flower</b> carried beneath bracts, odor faintly sweet; sepals spreading, pale green, lanceolate-acuminate, 25–50 × 6–18 mm, margins involute, apex acuminate; petals spreading to recurved distally, adaxially crimson, maroon-red, or brownish red, abaxially paler, grayish pink or rose, veins engraved, ovate-suborbicular, 3–6.5 × 4–6 cm, somewhat fleshy, base rounded and overlapping, margins entire, apex acute; stamens conspicuous, ± erect to weakly recurved, 15–25 mm, longer than pistil at anthesis; filaments grayish purple to blackish purple, longer than anthers, 5–12 mm, slender; anthers weakly recurving, grayish purple to maroon, slender, dehiscence introrse; connectives purple, barely equaling anther sacs; ovary small, maroon or dark reddish purple, ± globose to conical-pyramidal, 6-ridged, 3–12 mm, basal attachment less than ovary width; stigmas erect, recurved, distinct, gray-purple, not lobed adaxially, basally widened, ± linear distally, 2.5–6.5 mm, fleshy; pedicel horizontal to declined-drooping, ± straight, 2–13 cm. <b>Fruits</b> dark reddish maroon, ovoid, obtusely angled, relatively small, 1–1.4 × 1–2 cm, pulpy. <b>2n</b> = 10.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid–late spring (late Apr–early Jun).
|habitat=Rich woods, often on steep slopes, ravines, stream banks, and deep, wind-sheltered, moist coves
|elevation=300–700 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.
|discussion=<p>Although sometimes submerged within <i>Trillium erectum</i>, <i>T. vaseyi</i> has a later blooming season, a nodding flower of much larger size, a sweet fragrance, and cove habitat unlike that of <i>T. erectum</i>. In my garden hybridization experiments, <i>T. vaseyi</i> hybrids have different color patterns than <i>T. erectum</i> hybrids. <i>Trillium vaseyi</i> is clearly a distinct species. It frequently hybridizes with <i>T. rugelii</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Trillium vaseyi
|authority=Harbison
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Trillium erectum var. vaseyi
|basionyms=
|family=Liliaceae
|phenology=Flowering mid–late spring (late Apr–early Jun).
|habitat=Rich woods, often on steep slopes, ravines, stream banks, and deep, wind-sheltered, moist coves
|elevation=300–700 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.
|reference=None
|publication title=Biltmore Bot. Stud.
|publication year=1901
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_117.xml
|genus=Trillium
|subgenus=Trillium subg. Trillium
|species=Trillium vaseyi
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