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Trillium discolor T. Wray ex Hooker. Subgenus: Sessilia. Common name: Pale Yellow Trillium, Pale Trillium, Small Yellow Toadshade. Phenology: Late Mar-early May; Jun-Jul. Habitat: Rich cove and bluff forests, restricted to the Savannah River drainage; rare. Distribution: Endemic to the Savannah River drainage of nw. SC, ne. GA, and sw. NC, occurring in the Blue Ridge and Piedmont. In NC it is restricted to a few sites along the Whitewater and Thompson Rivers.

ID notes: Petals pale yellow, with maroon or greenish claws.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, S, S13, W, Case & Case (1997), Freeman (1975), Patrick (1986), Patrick (2007). Basionym: Trillium discolor T.Wray ex Hook. 1831

Links to other floras: = Trillium discolor - FNA26

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native range: sw. NC, nw. SC & ne.GA



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