| Trillium erectum |
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| Blooming in Stephen's Gulch Conservation Area (Ontario, Canada). |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Monocots |
| Order: |
Liliales |
| Family: |
Melanthiaceae |
| Genus: |
Trillium |
| Species: |
T. erectum |
| Binomial name |
Trillium erectum
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| Synonyms |
- Trillium acuminatum Raf.
- Trillium atropurpureum M.A.Curtis ex L.C.Beck
- Trillium atropurpureum Raf.
- Trillium erectum var. atropurpureum (Michx.) Pursh
- Trillium erectum var. blandum Jennison
- Trillium erectum f. brevipedicellatum Louis-Marie
- Trillium erectum var. cahnae Farw.
- Trillium erectum f. cahnae (Farw.) Louis-Marie
- Trillium erectum var. declinatum A.Gray
- Trillium erectum var. flavum Torr.
- Trillium erectum var. giganteum Louis-Marie
- Trillium erectum var. horizontale Louis-Marie
- Trillium erectum f. luteum Louis-Marie
- Trillium erectum f. nigrescens Louis-Marie
- Trillium erectum f. pallidandrum Vict. & J.Rousseau
- Trillium erectum f. parviflorum Louis-Marie
- Trillium erectum f. parvum Louis-Marie
- Trillium erectum f. polymerum Vict.
- Trillium erectum f. rubrostriatum Louis-Marie
- Trillium erectum f. sessiloides B.Boivin
- Trillium erectum var. sulcatum Barksd.
- Trillium flavum Raf.
- Trillium foetidum Salisb.
- Trillium nutans Raf.
- Trillium obovatum Pursh
- Trillium pendulum Willd.
- Trillium purpureum Elliott
- Trillium rhomboideum Michx.
- Trillium rhomboideum var. atropurpureum Michx.
- Trillium spatulatum Raf.
- Trillium album (Michx.) Small
- Trillium erectum f. albiflorum R.Hoffm.
- Trillium rhomboideum var. album Michx.
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Trillium erectum, the red trillium, also known as wake robin, purple trillium, bethroot, or stinking benjamin, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. The plant takes its common name "wake robin" by analogy with the European robin, which has a red breast heralding spring. Likewise Trillium erectum is a spring ephemeral plant whose life-cycle is synchronized with that of the forests in which it lives. It is native to the eastern United States and eastern Canada from northern Georgia to Quebec and New Brunswick.