Trillium pusillum Michaux var. 5. Common name: Dismal Swamp Least Trillium. Habitat: Swampy forests. Distribution: E. MD south to ne. NC.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Under study by Farmer, Schilling, and Floden.
Other Comments: Petals white to pink.
Synonymy ⓘ: = NS; = n/a — Tat; = Trillium palustris, in prep.; < Trillium pusillum Michx. — RAB, S, S13, Timmerman-Erskine, Dute, & Boyd (2002); < Trillium pusillum Michx. var. virginianum Fernald — F, FNA26, K4, NS, POWO, Va, Case & Case (1997).
Links to other floras: < Trillium pusillum var. virginianum - FNA26
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 2
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