Great White Trillium - Trillium grandiflorum

White petals with a deep pink blush that sometimes comes with age. The flower arises above a whorl of three, leaf-like bracts. Great White Trillium is a spring ephemeral, whose life cycle is synchronized with the forest in which it lives.

Habitat: Deciduous, swampy forest

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Pretty! Posted 4 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! I like it when they turn pink :). This spot always has pink ones. Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago

The Great white trillium

"Trillium grandiflorum" is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. A monocotyledonous, herbaceous perennial, it is native to eastern North America, from northern Quebec to the southern parts of the United States through the Appalachian Mountains into northernmost Georgia and west to Minnesota.

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Similar species: Lilies, Supplejacks, Etc.

Species identified by Christine Young