Trillium pusillum var. pusillum

Endemic
Synonyms: Trillium ozarkanum E. J. Palmer & Steyermark Trillium pusillum var. monticulum (E. J. Palmer & Steyermark) Steyermark Trillium pusillum var. ozarkanum (Buckley) Reveal & C. R. Broome Trillium pusillum var. texanum Trillium texanum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 102.

Flower pedicellate; pedicel usually 0.5–2 cm.


Phenology: Flowering spring (Mar–early May).
Habitat: Low, swampy woodlands, sometimes sphagnous, mixed deciduous forests, often associated with cherty rock or decomposing shale in beech and oak forests
Elevation: 0–600 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
yellow +  and pale lavender +
versatile +  and dorsifixed +
more or less equaling or longer +
cordate +  and linear +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
obtuse +  and strongly rounded +
obtuse;weakly acute +
Frederick W. Case Jr. +
Michaux +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
not mottled +  and dark green with maroon +
sessile +, subsessile +  and short-petiolate +
mottled +  and green +
1;several +
obovate;elliptical +
tunicate +  and scaly +
thin-walled +
not extended +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Ky. +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +  and Tex. +
yellowish +  and white +
0–600 m +
pinkish purple +  and white +
more or less equaling or slightly shorter +
connate-coroniform +  and dilated +
odorless +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
baccate +  and capsular +
pale greenish;white +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
not juicy +  and moist +
Low, swampy woodlands, sometimes sphagnous, mixed deciduous forests, often associated with cherty rock or decomposing shale in beech and oak forests +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
persistent +
long-spreading +
thread-like +
conspicuous +
6-angled;ovoid +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
many;several +
stiffly erect +  and leaning +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
rosy pink +  and white +
distinct +
recurved +  and spreading-ascending +
clawed;obovate;linear +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
thin-textured +
Flowering spring (Mar–early May). +
parietal +  and axile +
6-lobed +  and 3-lobed +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
subterranean +
straight +
erect +  and arising +
slender +
wind-distributed +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
alternating +
dark green with maroon +
persistent +
distinct +
conspicuous +
oblong-lanceolate +, spreading +  and plane +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
divergent +  and alternating +
adnate +  and free +
erect-spreading +
staminodial +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
with very short style +, sessile +  and twisted +
greenish white +  and white +
persistent +
erect +  and spreading +
3 +  and 1 +
Trillium ozarkanum +, Trillium pusillum var. monticulum +, Trillium pusillum var. ozarkanum +, Trillium pusillum var. texanum +  and Trillium texanum +
sessile +  and subsessile +
Trillium pusillum var. pusillum +
Trillium pusillum +
variety +
connate +  and distinct +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
not engraved +
oblong;lanceolate-obtuse +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
rhizomatous +  and scapose +
3 +  and 2 +