Trillium ovatum

Taxobox
name = "Trillium ovatum"


image_width = 240px
status = G5
status_system = TNC
status_ref = Cite web
publisher =NatureServe
title = Trillium ovatum
work = NatureServe Explorer
url = http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Trillium+ovatum+
accessdate = 2008-05-02]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Liliales
familia = Melanthiaceae
genus = "Trillium"
species = "T. ovatum"
binomial = "Trillium ovatum"

"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. In the northern part of its range, which includes southern British Columbia, extreme southwestern Alberta, Washington, Oregon and east to Montana, Wyoming and northern Colorado, it often grows under Douglas-fir. Other trees which frequently shade this trillium include grand fir, western red cedar, and western hemlock; bigleaf maple, red alder and Sitka spruce join in near the coast. Near California shores, it is common under coast redwood. Associated understorey plants include swordfern, vanilla leaf, violets, redwood sorrel and salal. It should be mentioned that "Trillium ovatum" occasionally comes not in white but in a maroon color. This is not to be confused with the normally ending of the flowering period when the white blooms slowly turn pink and the brown.Fact|date=November 2007

References

reflistqwnmre,.bjr

External links

* [http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium "Trillium" and the Trillium family]
* [http://www.dannyburk.com/Wildflowers.htm Pictures of Trillium and other wildflowers]