Difference between revisions of "Trillium albidum ssp. parviflorum"

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* Scientific Name: Trillium ''albidum'' ssp. parviflorum
 
* Scientific Name: Trillium ''albidum'' ssp. parviflorum
 
* Family: Melanthiaceae
 
* Family: Melanthiaceae
* Common Names: Small-flowered Trillium
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* Common Names: Small-flowered Trillium, Small-flowered Wakerobin
* Previous Names/Misapplications: Trillium ''parviflorum''
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* Previous Names/Misapplications: Trillium ''parviflorum,'' Trillium ''chloropetalum.''
 
* Codon: TRIALB
 
* Codon: TRIALB
 
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==Description==
 
==Description==
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Perennial herbs bearing solitary, sessile flowers subtended by a whorl of 3 leaves. Sepals 3, distinct or nearly so and persistent, petals 3, white to creamy white, occasionally pink to purple-tinged at base. Ovary superior, 3-celled; stigmas 3. Stamens 6. Leaves sessile, obscurely mottled. Fruit a many-seeded, berrylike capsule.<ref name=":0">Hitchcock, C., Cronquist, Arthur,
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Giblin, David, Legler, Ben, Zika, Peter F., Olmstead, Richard G., . . .
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Porcino, Natsuko. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest : An
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illustrated manual'' (Second ed.). Seattle: University of Washington
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Press ; Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.</ref>
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==Bloom Period==
 
==Bloom Period==
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March-May
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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West Cascades, Pierce County, WA, South to northern Willamette Valley.
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
==Uses==
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Moist lowland forests, Oak-ash woodlands, thickets.
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==Propagation==
 
==Propagation==
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Grows readily from seed in gardens.<ref name=":0" />
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
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Revision as of 18:02, 18 April 2020

  • Scientific Name: Trillium albidum ssp. parviflorum
  • Family: Melanthiaceae
  • Common Names: Small-flowered Trillium, Small-flowered Wakerobin
  • Previous Names/Misapplications: Trillium parviflorum, Trillium chloropetalum.
  • Codon: TRIALB
TRIALB3.jpg

Taxonomy

Trillium albidum ssp. parviflorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Lilianeae
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium L.
Species: Triodanis albidum ssp. parviflorum V.G. Soukup

Description

Perennial herbs bearing solitary, sessile flowers subtended by a whorl of 3 leaves. Sepals 3, distinct or nearly so and persistent, petals 3, white to creamy white, occasionally pink to purple-tinged at base. Ovary superior, 3-celled; stigmas 3. Stamens 6. Leaves sessile, obscurely mottled. Fruit a many-seeded, berrylike capsule.[1]

Bloom Period

March-May

Distribution

West Cascades, Pierce County, WA, South to northern Willamette Valley.

Habitat

Moist lowland forests, Oak-ash woodlands, thickets.

Propagation

Grows readily from seed in gardens.[1]

Photo Gallery

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hitchcock, C., Cronquist, Arthur, Giblin, David, Legler, Ben, Zika, Peter F., Olmstead, Richard G., . . . Porcino, Natsuko. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest : An illustrated manual (Second ed.). Seattle: University of Washington Press ; Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture.