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Encyclopedia > Giant Wake Robin
Giant Wake Robin

Trillium chloropetalum rubrum
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Lilliopsida
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species: T. chloropetalum
Subspecies: rubrum
Trinomial name

Trillium chloropetalum rubrum


Giant Wake Robin or Sessile Trillium (Trillium chloropetalum) is a spring-flowering perennial plant native to the west and north-west coast of the United States.


The flowers are a deep red colour. A typical monocot, it has leaves and flowers that are grouped in threes. It is clump-forming and prefers a shady habitat, since its natural habitat is the woodland floor.


The leaves are edible, and considered a delicacy by slugs.


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