Trillium chloropetalum

Taxobox
name = Giant Wake Robin


image_width = 250px
status = G5
status_system = TNC
status_ref = Cite web
publisher =NatureServe
title = Trillium chloropetalum
work = NatureServe Explorer
url = http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Trillium+chloropetalum+
accessdate = 2008-05-02]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Liliales
familia = Melanthiaceae
genus = "Trillium"
species = "T. chloropetalum"
binomial = "Trillium chloropetalum"
binomial_authority = (Torr.) Howell

Giant Wake Robin or Sessile Trillium ("Trillium chloropetalum") is a spring-flowering perennial plant native to the west and north-west coast of the United States.

The flowers are a deep red color. A typical monocot, it has 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.

The leaves are edible, and considered a delicacy by slugs.

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