Melanthiaceae
Whip-poor-will flower
Trillium cernuum
- Family
- Melanthiaceae
- Genus
- Trillium
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Whip-poor-will flower, Nodding trillium
- Russian
- Триллиум поникший
Synonyms
- Trillium cernuum f. billingtonii Farw.
- Trillium cernuum f. cernuum
- Trillium cernuum f. lalondei Cay. & J.Cay.
- Trillium cernuum f. marginatum Cay. & J.Cay.
- Trillium cernuum f. tangerae Wherry
- Trillium cernuum f. viride Cay. & J.Cay.
- Trillium cernuum f. walpolei Farw.
- Trillium cernuum var. cernuum
- Trillium cernuum var. declinatum Farw.
- Trillium cernuum var. macranthum Eames & Wiegand
- Trillium cernuum var. terrae-novae B.Boivin
- Trillium cernuum var. typicum Wherry
- Trillium flexipes f. walpolei (Farw.) Fernald
- Trillium glaucum Raf.
- Trillium hamosum Raf.
- Trillium latifolium Raf.
- Trillium medium Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Fungus Guy, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fungus Guy, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fungus Guy, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trscavo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.