Trillium ovatum

Trillium ovatum
Pacific trillium blooming in Aldergrove Regional Park (British Columbia, Canada).

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species:
T. ovatum
Binomial name
Trillium ovatum
Synonyms
T. ovatum var. oettingeri
    • Trillium ovatum subsp. oettingeri Munz & Thorne
T. ovatum var. ovatum
    • Trillium californicum Kellogg
    • Trillium obovatum Hook.
    • Trillium ovatum f. maculosum Case & R.B.Case
    • Trillium ovatum var. stenosepalum R.R.Gates
    • Trillium venosum R.R.Gates

Trillium ovatum, the Pacific trillium, also known as the western wakerobin, western white trillium, or western trillium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is the most widespread and abundant trillium in western North America. Its type specimen was gathered by Meriwether Lewis during the return trip of the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1806.

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