Red Trillium (Trillium erectum)
A red flower with three petals and three supporting leaves, growing in forest floors, flowering in spring and native to Quebec.
Last changed on 2024-12-16
Common Names
- Red Trillium 🇨🇦
- Trille rouge 🇫🇷
- Rote Waldlilie 🇩🇪
- Lirio de Bosque Rojo 🇲🇽
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Characteristics & Identification
How to Identify
Three red, purple petals alternated by three green leaves (bracts). There is a white morph which looks very similar to Large White Trillium. If you spot a the white morph look at arrangement and form of stamens and pistils.
Where and When to Spot
I see this flower late April and May on the forest floor in Park Angrignon.
Taxonomy
- Order: Liliales
- Family: Melanthiaceae
- Species: Trillium erectum
Morphology
Flowers
- Color: violet
- Shape: rotate
- Inflorescence: solitary
Leaves
- Arrangement: whorled
- Petiole: sessile
- Shape: ovate
- Margin: entire
- Venation: parallel
Observations by Park and Season
| Location | Spring | Summer | Autumn | Winter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parc Angrignon | x | - | - | - |
"-" indicates no observation. It may not necessarily mean though that the species is absent from the park during that season.