Large White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum)
A three-petaled white flower native to Quebec and one of the first flowering plants in spring.
Last changed on 2024-12-16
Common Names
- Large White Trillium 🇨🇦
- Trille blanc 🇫🇷
- Großblütige Waldlilie 🇩🇪
- Trilio blanco 🇲🇽
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Characteristics & Identification
How to Identify
Large white flower with three white petals alternated by 3 green leaves (bracts). Seasonality together with the position of the three white petals and alternating leaves. Note that there are pink variants or with 6 white petals.
Where and When to Spot
I usually spot this flower in the forest section of Park Angrignon late April early May.
Taxonomy
- Order: Liliales
- Family: Melanthiaceae
- Species: Trillium grandiflorum
Morphology
Flowers
- Color: white
- Shape: rotate
- Inflorescence:
Leaves
- Arrangement: whorled
- Petiole: sessile
- Shape: ovate
- Margin: entire
- Venation: parallel
Observations by Park and Season
| Location | Spring | Summer | Autumn | Winter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belvédère Outremont | x | - | - | - |
| Parc Angrignon | x | - | - | - |
"-" indicates no observation. It may not necessarily mean though that the species is absent from the park during that season.