Trillium ovatum

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: 20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Width: 20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring
Cultivation
Exposure: part-sun, shade
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 5 to 9
Flower features: blue, purple, white
Scientific Names

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Trillium ovatum, the Western Wake Robin or Western White Trillium, is a member of the Trilliaceae family. It occurs in parts of the western United States and western Canada, usually in rich forest. Occasional Trillium ovatum plants have petals that are maroon rather than the typical white. This is not to be confused with the typical pinkness observed as the petals age.[1]

Picking the flower causes great harm to the plant, which depends on the leaves underneath to collect energy for the following year.


Read about Trillium ovatum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Trillium ovatum, Pursh. Much like T. grandiflorum, but the petals narrow-lanceolate or narrow-ovate, the sepals usually nearly as long as the petals: plants 1 ft. or less high: lvs. ovate to nearly orbicular, often somewhat rhombic. Calif. to Brit. Col.—The Pacific coast representative of T. grandiflorum. CH


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  1. Case, Frederick W.; Case, Roberta B. (1997). Trilliums. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 0-88192-374-5.