Melanthiaceae
Red trillium
Trillium erectum
- Family
- Melanthiaceae
- Genus
- Trillium
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Common names
By language (11)
- azb
- دیکدوران تریلیوم
- Azerbaijani
- Dikduran trillium
- Bulgarian
- Червен трилиум
- Chinese
- 褐花延龄草
- Czech
- Trojčetka vzpřímená
- English
- Red trillium, Purple trillium, Wake-robin
- French
- Trille rouge
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Purpurtreblad
- Persian
- تریلیوم قرمز
- Russian
- Триллиум прямостоячий
- Swedish
- Purpurtreblad
Synonyms
- Trillium erectum f. erectum
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 16,612 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Evan M. Raskin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Reuven Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: oksanaetal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: The Cosmonaut, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Srobideau assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: D. Gordon E. Robertson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: willingarden, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.