Native to Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee; introduced into Maryland (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, North Carolina, Graham
35.358611, -83.930278
Location Remarks
Nantahala National Forest; Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest along Little Santeetlah Creek. 659 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Liliales
Family
Melanthiaceae
Genus
Trillium
Specific Epithet
cuneatum
Authorship
Raf.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#325,048 of 335,497
Top 97%
Extinction probability
6%