Melanthiaceae
White trillium
Trillium grandiflorum
- Family
- Melanthiaceae
- Genus
- Trillium
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Common names
By language (11)
- arz
- تريليوم جرانديفلوروم
- Chinese
- 大花延龄草
- Czech
- Trojčetka velkokvětá
- English
- White trillium, Large-flowered trillium, White wake-robin, American wake-robin, Snowbunting
- Finnish
- Isokolmilehti
- French
- Trille blanc
- German
- Großblütige Waldlilie
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Stortreblad
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Stortriblad
- Swedish
- Stort treblad
- Ukrainian
- Великий білий трілліум
Synonyms
- Trillium chandleri Farw.
- Trillium chandleri f. foliaceum Farw.
- Trillium chandleri f. gladewitzii Farw.
- Trillium chandleri f. palaceum Farw.
- Trillium chandleri f. plenum Farw.
- Trillium chandleri f. subulatum Farw.
- Trillium erythrocarpum Curtis
- Trillium grandiflorum f. chandleri (Farw.) Vict.
- Trillium grandiflorum f. dimerum Louis-Marie
- Trillium grandiflorum f. divisum Louis-Marie
- Trillium grandiflorum f. elongatum Louis-Marie
- Trillium grandiflorum f. grandiflorum
- Trillium grandiflorum f. lirioides (Raf.) Vict.
- Trillium grandiflorum f. petalosum Louis-Marie
- Trillium grandiflorum f. polymerum Vict.
- Trillium grandiflorum f. regressum Louis-Marie
- Trillium grandiflorum f. roseum Farw.
- Trillium grandiflorum f. striatum Louis-Marie
- Trillium grandiflorum f. viride Farw.
- Trillium grandiflorum var. lirioides Vict.
- Trillium grandiflorum var. macropetalum Regel
- Trillium grandiflorum var. minimum N.Coleman
- Trillium lirioides Raf.
- Trillium lirioides f. albomarginatum Farw.
- Trillium lirioides f. giganteum Farw.
- Trillium lirioides f. subsessile Farw.
- Trillium lirioides f. ungulatum Farw.
- Trillium lirioides f. variegatum Farw.
- Trillium lirioides var. longepetiolatum Farw.
- Trillium liroides f. vegetum Farw.
- Trillium obcordatum Raf.
- Trillium rhomboideum var. grandiflorum Michx.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 27,599 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mason Heberling, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Jackson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cullen Hanks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Guy Babineau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Paul Johnston, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Josh Giovo, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter Broster, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 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.