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Photographer: Matt Welter
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Family Liliaceae
Trillium nivale Riddell
dwarf white trillium, dwarf white wake-robin, snow trillium
Trillium: Latin tres for three and lilium for lily
nivale: of the snow
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| Status: | Threatened |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 3"-6" tall forb |
| Flower: | white, 3-parted, 1" wide, petals sometimes pinkish at the base, elliptical with a blunt tip and much longer than the green sepals; flower solitary on 1/2"- 1 1/8" tall stalk; blooms March-April |
| Fruit: | greenish/white, round to oval, 1/4" berry, pulpy inside |
| Leaf: | rounded to the stalked base, tip usually not pointed, in 1 whorl of 3 leaves at the top of the stem |
| Habitat: | moderate moisture to moist; woods; in limy, rich soil |
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