Red trillium (Trillium erectum L.)
Trilliums are rhizomatous herbs with unbranched stems. Trillium plants produce no true leaves or stems above ground. ... Red trillium tends to occur in drier habitats and is typically found on acid soils, in open dry or rich mesic woods, within laurel and rhododendron thickets.
Is there such a thing as a red trillium?
There are five native trillium species found in Ontario — the white trillium, red trillium, pinted trillium, nodding trillium, and drooping trillium — but only the latter is endangered.
Is red trillium rare?
The solitary, nodding flower, with an unpleasant odor, rises on a stalk above a whorl of 3 broadly ovate, diamond-shaped leaves. This is one of the most common eastern Trilliums.
