Trillium pusillum Michaux var. 1 . Subgenus: Delostylis. Common name: Alabama Least Trillium. Habitat: Swamps and floodplains. Distribution: C. TN south to n. AL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Under study by Farmer, Schilling, and Floden.
Other Comments: Petals white to pink.
Synonymy ⓘ: = NS; = Trillium alabamicum C.J.Garrett ex S.B.Farmer — K4, nomen nudum; = Trillium pusillum Michx. var. alabamicum — Case & Case (1997), nomen nudum; < Trillium pusillum Michx. — S, S13, Tn, Patrick (1986), Timmerman-Erskine, Dute, & Boyd (2002); < Trillium pusillum Michx. var. pusillum — FNA26, NS, POWO.
Links to other floras: < Trillium pusillum var. pusillum - FNA26
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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© Alan Cressler: Trillium pusillum subsp. alabamicum, Madison County, Alabama 1 by Alan Cressler source
© Alan Cressler: Trillium pusillum subsp. alabamicum, Madison County, Alabama 1 by Alan Cressler source
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