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* Scientific Name: Trillium ''albidum'' ssp. parviflorum
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* 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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[[File:TRIALB3.jpg|thumb|Photo CNLM]]
  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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| ordo = Liliales
 
| ordo = Liliales
 
| familia = Melanthiaceae
 
| familia = Melanthiaceae
| genus = '''''Trillium L.'''''
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| genus = '''''Trillium ''''' L.
 
| species = '''''Triodanis albidum '''''ssp. '''''parviflorum''''' V.G. Soukup
 
| species = '''''Triodanis albidum '''''ssp. '''''parviflorum''''' V.G. Soukup
 
| subspecies =
 
| subspecies =
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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. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D.,
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& Legler, B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an''
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illustrated manual''. Seattle: University of Washington Press''</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==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
File:TRIALB1.jpg|Photo Credit Robert T. George 2016
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File:TRIALB1.jpg|Photo Robert T. George 2016
File:TRIALB2.jpg|Photo Credit Rod Gilbert 2003
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File:TRIALB2.jpg|Photo Rod Gilbert 2003
File:TRIALB3.jpg
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File:TRIALB4.jpg| Young growth Photo CNLM
File:TRIALB4.jpg| Young growth
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File:TRIALB5.jpg| Seedling Photo CNLM
File:TRIALB5.jpg| Seedling
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</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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<references />

Revision as of 14:09, 2 June 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
Photo CNLM

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. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press