Giant Wakerobin

(Trillium chloropetalum)

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Description

Trillium chloropetalum is a California species of spring-flowering perennial plants. Common names: giant wakerobin, common trillium, giant trillium, and sessile trillium. It is found in the Coast Ranges and in the Sierra Nevada foothills from Siskiyou County to Santa Barbara and Madera Counties. Color is variable, often dark red to white. Leaves and flowers that are grouped in threes. It is clump-forming and prefers a shady habitat, since its natural habitat is the woodland floor.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Liliales
Family:Melanthiaceae
Genus:Trillium
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