Nodding Trillium
(Trillium cernuum)

Other common names: Nodding Wake-robin

French names: Trille penché

Family: Lily Family (Liliaceae)

Group: Trilliums

Distinctive features: A single flower droops down below the leaves - "nods".

Similar species:
  •   White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) - White flower in held above the leaves. Much more common.

  •   Painted Trillium (Trillium undulatum) - Center of flower is "painted" pink.


Flowers: Spring;  White;  3 parts (petals)

Leaves: Opposite/Whorled;  Entire

Height: 15-25 cm (6-10 in)

Lifespan: Perennial.

Books: Newcomb's Wildflower Guide: 124    Peterson's Field Guide to Wildflowers: 10    ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario: 78   

Native/Non-native: Native

Status: Uncommon in the south, a lot more common in the north.   S-Rank: S5  G-Rank: G5

Origin and Meaning of Names:
 Common Name: Named after the flowers which hang down below the leaves - a "nodding" flower.
 Scientific Name: cernuum: nodding


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Nodding Trillium flower.

The solitary hangs down below the leaves. This gives the plant its common name.

Closer view of the flower.

A view of an entire Nodding Trillium plant.

Each Nodding Trillium plant has three leaves.

A cluster of Nodding Trilliums.
  

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