Trillium nivale
Snow Trillium, Dwarf White Trillium
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Morphology

Scapes3-8 cm long, hexagonal.
Leavespetiolate.
Blades1.5-4.5 cm long x 0.7-34 mm wide.
Flowerpedicellate.
Sepals10-32 mm long x 2-7 mm wide.
Petals15-35(-45) mm long x 8-15 mm wide, white.
Anthers2.5-11 mm long, with introrse dehiscence.
Stigmas4-12(-15) mm long, basally connate.

Anthesis

Flowering from early March to early April.


Distribution

United States: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.


Reference(s)

Based on F.W. Case, Jr. Trillium in Flora of North America, volume 26. 2002. Oxford University Press.

A full treatment is available for Trillium at www.eFloras.org


Fact Sheet Developed By

Pedro Oñativia Lake © 2007



Trillium nivale
© Thomas G. Barnes
University of Kentucky
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