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Trillium ovatum, the Pacific trillium, also known as the western wakerobin, western white trillium, or western trillium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is found in western North America, from southern British Columbia and the tip of southwestern Alberta to central California, east to Idaho and western Montana. There is an isolated population in northern Colorado and southern Wyoming.T. ovatum is the most widespread and abundant trillium in western North America. It is the only pedicellate-flowered Trillium species found within its range. The type specimen for this species was gathered by Meriwether Lewis in 1806 along the Columbia River during the return trip of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Trillium
- Family
- Melanthiaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 3-7
- Mature Height
- 10 cm to 46 cm
- Mature Spread
- 49 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green, Red
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- White, Pink
- Flower Size
- 2.54 cm to 5.08 cm
- Bloom Time
- Mid spring, Late spring
- Planting Time
- Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Late spring, Early summer, Mid summer
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Pacific trillium en White trillium en Wood-lily en Western trillium en Western wakerobin en Coast Trillium en Coast Wakerobin en Pacific Wakerobin en Western White Trillium en Western White Wakerobin en Western wake robin en Trillium
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