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'''''Trillium pusillum''''', common names: '''Little Trillium''' and '''Dwarf Wakerobin''', is a perennial wildflower which blooms from March to early June. The small white petals, hardly longer than the sepals, turn rosy pink as they age, and have distinctive undulating edges. Its leaves are relatively narrow in comparison to other trilliums. The flower matures to a white to pale green berry.
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''T. pusillum'' is found in scattered populations from Virginia and the Carolinas west as far as Texas, inhabiting swampy woods, deciduous forests, and [[pocosin]]s.
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Trillium pusillum, Michx. Small, usually not 1 ft. high: lvs. lanceolate or oblong, obtuse, sessile: fls. pale flesh-color, less than 1 in. long, on a short erect pedicel, petals lanceolate and exceeding obtuse petals. Pine lands, N.C., S.C.
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Trillium pusillum, Michx. Small, usually not 1 ft. high: lvs. lanceolate or oblong, obtuse, sessile: fls. pale flesh-color, less than 1 in. long, on a short erect pedicel, petals lanceolate and exceeding obtuse petals. Pine lands, N. C., S. C.
 
 
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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: ⇕ 6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Width: ⇔ 6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6. to 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Bloom: ❀ early spring, mid spring, late spring
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ part-sun, shade
Features: ✓ flowers
USDA Zones: 6 to 9
Flower features: ❀ white
Scientific Names

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Trillium >

pusillum >


Trillium pusillum, common names: Little Trillium and Dwarf Wakerobin, is a perennial wildflower which blooms from March to early June. The small white petals, hardly longer than the sepals, turn rosy pink as they age, and have distinctive undulating edges. Its leaves are relatively narrow in comparison to other trilliums. The flower matures to a white to pale green berry.

T. pusillum is found in scattered populations from Virginia and the Carolinas west as far as Texas, inhabiting swampy woods, deciduous forests, and pocosins.


Read about Trillium pusillum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Trillium pusillum, Michx. Small, usually not 1 ft. high: lvs. lanceolate or oblong, obtuse, sessile: fls. pale flesh-color, less than 1 in. long, on a short erect pedicel, petals lanceolate and exceeding obtuse petals. Pine lands, N.C., S.C. CH


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