genus
Trilliums
Trillium
Field notes
Trillium (trillium, wakerobin, toadshade, tri flower, birthroot, birthwort, and sometimes "wood lily") is a genus of about fifty flowering plant species in the family Melanthiaceae. Trillium species are native to temperate regions of North America and Asia, with the greatest diversity of species found in the southern Appalachian Mountains in the southeastern United States.
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native trilliums All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Bashful Wakerobin
Trillium catesbaei
caterpillars
2
flowers
4
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Large White Trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
15
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Red Trillium
Trillium erectum
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
4
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Toadshade
Trillium sessile
caterpillars
1
flowers
17
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Painted Trillium
Trillium undulatum
caterpillars
1
flowers
4
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Little Sweet Betsy
Trillium cuneatum
caterpillars
1
flowers
3
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Yellow Wakerobin
Trillium luteum
caterpillars
1
flowers
2
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Snow Trillium
Trillium nivale
caterpillars
1
flowers
2
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Prairie Trillium
Trillium recurvatum
caterpillars
1
flowers
1
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Nodding Trillium
Trillium cernuum
caterpillars
1
flowers
1
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Drooping Trillium
Trillium flexipes
caterpillars
1
flowers
1
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Vasey's Trillium
Trillium vaseyi
caterpillars
1
flowers
1
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Southern Nodding Wakerobin
Trillium rugelii
caterpillars
1
flowers
1
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Twisted Trillium
Trillium stamineum
caterpillars
1
flowers
1
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Southern Red Trillium
Trillium sulcatum
caterpillars
1
flowers
1