Pseudotrillium

Pseudotrillium
Pseudotrillium rivale

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Tribe: Parideae
Genus: Pseudotrillium
S.B.Farmer
Species:
P. rivale
Binomial name
Pseudotrillium rivale
(S.Watson) S.B.Farmer
Synonyms
  • Trillium rivale S.Watson

Pseudotrillium is a monotypic genus in the bunchflower family Melanthiaceae. Its sole species, the flowering plant Pseudotrillium rivale, is commonly known as the brook wakerobin. It is endemic to the Siskiyou Mountains of southern Oregon and northern California. The Latin specific epithet rivale means "growing by streams", a reference to a preferred habitat.