Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Trillium chloropetalum is a California species of spring-flowering perennial plants. Common names: giant wakerobin, common trillium, giant trillium, and sessile trillium. It is found in the Coast Ranges and in the Sierra Nevada foothills from Siskiyou County to Santa Barbara and Madera Counties. Color is variable, often dark red to white. 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.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

2 ft Tall

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Color

Cream, White, Red

Flowering season

Winter, Spring

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, Very Low

Plant communities

Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Northern Coastal Scrub, Forest, Yellow Pine Forest

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 1 likely

Confirmed Likely

American Angle Shades

Euplexia benesimilis