Trillium grandiflorum

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Large-flowered trillium
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Liliales Family: Trilliaceae Genus: Trillium Species: T. grandiflorum
Binomial name
Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb.

Trillium grandiflorum, also white trillium, large-flowered trillium, or snow trillium, is a member of the Trilliaceae family (formerly part of the Liliaceae). It is native to parts of the east and midwest United States and southeast Canada, and cultivated in many other temperate parts of the world, including the Callaway Gardens. The stalked flower develops over a whorl of three leaves. The flower is not apparent in its closed state, but soon opens to a large, triple-petaled bloom. As the flower ages, it turns pink. A cultivar is available for gardening.

This flower is often most common on steep slopes where it is protected from grazing white-tailed deer (which dislike grazing on inclines).

The White trillium is the provincial flower of Ontario, Canada. For decades, Ontario schoolchildren were told that picking trilliums was illegal. This was never the case. It is also the state flower of Ohio, in the United States.

Species of Trillium

Trillium albidum | Trillium angustipetalum | Trillium catesbaei (Bashful Wake Robin | Trillium cernuum | Trillium chloropetalum (Giant Wake Robin) | Trillium cuneatum (Little sweet Betsy) | Trillium decipiens | Trillium decumbens | Trillium discolor (Faded Trillium ) | Trillium erectum (Wake Robin) | Trillium flexipes (Bent Trillium) | Trillium foetidissimum | Trillium govanianum (Himalayan Trillium) | Trillium gracile | Trillium grandiflorum (Large-flowered Trillium) | Trillium kamtschaticum | Trillium kurabayashii | Trillium lancifolium | Trillium ludovicianum | Trillium luteum (Yellow Wake Robin | Trillium maculatum | Trillium nivale (Klamath Trillium) | Trillium ovatum (Western Wake Robin) | Trillium parviflorum | Trillium persistens (Persistent Trillium) | Trillium petiolatum (Roundleaf Trillium) | Trillium pusillum | Trillium recurvatum | Trillium reliquum | Trillium rivale | Trillium rugelii (Southern Nodding Trillium) | Trillium sessile | Trillium simile (Jeweled Wake Robin) | Trillium smallii | Trillium stamineum | Trillium sulcatum | Trillium texanum | Trillium tschonoskii | Trillium underwoodii | Trillium undulatum (Painted Trillium) | Trillium vaseyi | Trillium viride | Trillium viridescens (Ozark Trillium) |

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