North Carolina Native Plants Society - Native Plants Gallery - Trillium pusillum

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Trillium pusillum

Carolina Least Trillium

Native/Alien:	Native
Type:	Perennial
Bloom Color(s):	White, Pink
Size:	<1 ft
Light:	Shade
Soil Moisture:	Mesic^(*)
Bloom Time:	March - April - May
Bloom Area:	Statewide (Mountains, Piedmont, Coast)
State Rank:	S1 - 1-5 Extant Populations - Critically imperiled in NC because of extreme rarity or because of some factor(s) making it especially vulnerable to extirpation (local extinction) from NC ^(*)
Global Rank:	G3 - 21-100 Extant Populations - Rare or uncommon in the world ^(*)
State Status:	E - Endangered ^(*)
Notes:	Weakley currently lists five (5) varieties of T. pusillum as native to NC: Trillium pusillum var. monticulum Trillium pusillum var. ozarkanum Trillium pusillum var. pusillum, Carolina Least Trillium, Carolina Dwarf Trillium Trillium pusillum var. 4, Carolina Least Trillium Trillium pusillum var. 5, Dismal Swamp Least Trillium Trillium pusillum var. virginianum, Virginia Least Trillium, Virginia Dwarf Trillium, is not shown in NC but the NC Natural Heritage Program lists it
T. pusillum var pusillum 2 - 3 Year Old Seedlings
T. pusillum var pusillum Plant & Bloom
T. pusillum var pusillum Bloom Close Up
T. pusillum var pusillum Older Bloom
T. pusillum var ozarkanum Plants
T. pusillum var ozarkanum Note the long pedicel
T. pusillum var virginianum Plants
T. pusillum var virginianum Plant
T. pusillum var virginianum Bloom
T. pusillum var virginianum Bloom Close Up
T. pusillum var georgianum Plants (Not an NC Native)
T. pusillum var georgianum Leaves (Not an NC Native) Tom Harville
T. pusillum var georgianum Seed Capsules (Not an NC Native) Mark Rose
T. pusillum var georgianum Bloom (Not an NC Native) Tom Harville
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