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Large-flowered Trillium

Plant Leaf

Full Plant

Plant Berry/Flower

Latin Name: Trillium grandiflorum

Flower Description:

Each flower has three flaring, ovate, white petals. Flowers produce berry like capsules that are dispersed by ants.

FamilyLily
Season BloomEarly Spring
HabitatAn iconic spring woodland wildflower. The three leaved plant is topped with a three petaled white flower that turns pinkish as it fades.
CyclePerennial
Height12-18"
Leaf DescriptionLeaves are three on a stem and are whorled and deeply veined, ovate to egg-shaped. Leaves generally disappear by the heat of summer.
Soil Type Wet
Light Source Partial Shade
LocationWoodland