(Trinity Flower, Wakerobin, Wood Lily)

Hauntingly beautiful natives of north temperate woodlands, trilliums are some of the most beloved spring wildflowers. Approximately 45 species make up this genus of hardy deciduous perennials. Most occur in eastern North America, but trilliums also are found in western North America and eastern Asia. Great white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) is the official flower of the Canadian province of Ontario.

Appearing above ground for only a few weeks a year, trilliums spend most of the...

(Sessile Trillium)

Hauntingly beautiful natives of north temperate woodlands, trilliums are some of the most beloved spring wildflowers. Approximately 45 species make up this genus of hardy deciduous perennials. Most occur in eastern North America, but trilliums also are found in western North America and eastern Asia. Great white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) is the official flower of the Canadian province of Ontario.

Appearing above ground for only a few weeks a year, trilliums spend most of the...

(Purple Trillium, Red Trillium, Stinking Benjamin)

Three green leaves make a handsome background for stinking Benjamin's springtime purple-maroon blossoms that smells of wet dog. This herbaceous perennial is a delicate woodland wildflower native to the deciduous forests of east-central North America, from southeastern Canada southward around the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. Forming clumps of mottled green foliage in the spring before the leaves of deciduous trees have fully emerged, leaves completely disappear after flowering...

(Great White Trillium, White Trillium, White Wakerobin)

The great white trillium is a delicate woodland perennial native to the forests of eastern North America, from the province of Quebec to the state of Georgia. It is a true spring ephemeral, which means that it appears in the spring before the leaves of deciduous trees have fully emerged and completely disappears after flowering and fruiting, usually by early summer.

This delicate hardy perennial appears in spring and its leaves and flowers are in threes, hence the “tri” in the name trillium....

(Pink Trillium)

The great white trillium is a delicate woodland perennial native to the forests of eastern North America, from the province of Quebec to the state of Georgia. It is a true spring ephemeral, which means that it appears in the spring before the leaves of deciduous trees have fully emerged and completely disappears after flowering and fruiting, usually by early summer.

This delicate hardy perennial appears in spring and its leaves and flowers are in threes, hence the “tri” in the name trillium....

(Goblet Trillium, Yellow Trillium, Yellow Wakerobin)

Three mottled light and darker green leaves make a great background for yellow trillium's springtime yellow blossom that smells of lemon. This herbaceous perennial is a delicate woodland wildflower native to the deciduous forests of the interior southeastern United States, from Kentucky to Georgia and Virginia. Forming clumps of mottled green foliage in the spring before the leaves of deciduous trees have fully emerged, this mottling fades with age and all leaves completely disappear after flowering...

(Snow Trillium)

The short-lived, pixie-like white blooms of this diminutive perennial appear in late winter and early spring, long before those of other trilliums. It is native to limestone ridges and gravelly river verges from Pennsylvania to eastern Nebraska. The small, blue-green, oval leaves of snow trillium are are borne in a symmetrical, triangular whorl atop 2- to 3-inch- (5- to 7.5-cm) stems. The erect stems arise from thick underground rhizomes that spread slowly to form a dense clump. The three-petaled...

(Coast Trillium, Pacific Trillium, Western Trillium)

Deep green leaves subtend the Pacific trillium's very early white spring blossoms that deepen to pink as they age. This true spring ephemeral is a woodland wildflower native to the mixed forests of western North America, from British Columbia to coastal California. It appears before the deciduous trees have fully leafed out and disappears completely after flowering and setting fruit--usually by spring's end.

Like all trilliums, the leaves and flowers of this hardy perennial are in threes, hence...

(Bloody Butcher, Purple Wakerobin)

Three mottled darker green and bronze leaves make a great background for bloody butcher's springtime salmon-red blossom. This herbaceous perennial is a delicate woodland wildflower native to the moist clay soils of the central United States' deciduous forests. Forming clumps of mottled green foliage in the spring before the leaves of deciduous trees have fully emerged, this mottling fades with age and all leaves completely disappear after flowering and fruiting, usually before summer's end.

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(Toadshade, Wakerobin)

Three mottled light and darker green, gray and maroon leaves make a great background for toadshade's springtime maroon-red blossom. This herbaceous perennial is a delicate woodland wildflower native to the deciduous forests in the eastern third of the United States. Forming clumps of mottled green foliage in the spring before the leaves of deciduous trees have fully emerged, this mottling fades with age and all leaves completely disappear after flowering and fruiting, usually before summer's end.

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