General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Spring ephemeral
Other: The above ground parts of Trilliums are scapes with three large, leaf-like bracts with the true leaves reduced to underground papery coverings around the rhizomes.
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Will Naturalize
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Seeds are hydrophilic
Other info: Plants can be grown from seed, but it can take up to two years for fresh seed to germinate and another five to seven years for plants to bloom.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Other: Trilliums are not bulbs and don't like drying out. They lose all living roots and will become limp and have little chance of surviving beyond the first season if bare rooted for any time.

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Common names
  • American Wood Lily
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Pseudotrillium rivale
  • Synonym: Trillium rivale

Photo Gallery
Location: Hexham AGS Alpine show Northumberland England UK 
Date: 2015-03-28
Pseudotrillium rivale 'Purple Heart'

photo credit:  Francine Riez
Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2014-03-08

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