OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Trillium pusillum +   FAMILY Trilliaceae   Go to FSUS key



PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium pusillum +   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-009:

Trillium pusillum   FAMILY Liliaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Least Trillium, Virginia Dwarf Trillium, Aiken Least Trillium


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image of Trillium pusillum +, Carolina Least Trillium, Virginia Dwarf Trillium, Aiken Least Trillium

Mark A. Musselman    mam_dwarftrillium031406b

March    Dorchester County    SC

Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest

The most significant population in SC is in Francis Biedler Forest, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Trillium pusillum +, Carolina Least Trillium, Virginia Dwarf Trillium, Aiken Least Trillium

Mark A. Musselman    mam_dwarftrillium032210

March    Dorchester County    SC

Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest

Plants of the Trillium pusillum complex remain long in the single-leaf stage, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Trillium pusillum +, Carolina Least Trillium, Virginia Dwarf Trillium, Aiken Least Trillium

Mark A. Musselman    mam_dwarftrillium032210a

March    Dorchester County    SC

Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest

Pollen light yellow, anthers purplish-green between anther sacs, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Trillium pusillum +, Carolina Least Trillium, Virginia Dwarf Trillium, Aiken Least Trillium

Mark A. Musselman    mam_dwarftrillium032505a

March    Dorchester County    SC

Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest

Enitre plant less than 8" high, usually smaller, with narrow blunt leaves, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).

image of Trillium pusillum +, Carolina Least Trillium, Virginia Dwarf Trillium, Aiken Least Trillium

Will Stuart    wil_6859598330_2f40aa3659

March    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

Sepals about as broad as the petals or broader, obtuse, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Trillium pusillum +, Carolina Least Trillium, Virginia Dwarf Trillium, Aiken Least Trillium

Will Stuart    wil6859598330_384b630e55b

March    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

Anthers purplish-green between the anther sacs, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Trillium pusillum +, Carolina Least Trillium, Virginia Dwarf Trillium, Aiken Least Trillium

JK Marlow    jkm090411_009

April    Greenville County    SC

In cultivation

image of Trillium pusillum +, Carolina Least Trillium, Virginia Dwarf Trillium, Aiken Least Trillium

Will Stuart    wil_16903871510

April    Anson County    NC

Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge

Leaves of var. pusillum are horizontal to declining, and relatively narrow, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Trillium pusillum +   FAMILY Trilliaceae

PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium pusillum +   FAMILY Liliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-009:
Trillium pusillum   FAMILY Liliaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2923

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
A single terminal whorl of 3 leaves
Leaves sessile to very short-petiolate

FLOWER:
Spring
White turning pink with age
Pedicel 0.5-2cm long
Flowers above the leaves
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
White to greenish-white
Berry

 

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