White trilliums are also known as large-flowered trilliums, snow trilliums, showy trilliums, grand trilliums, and white wake-robins.
Three sepals, three petals, twice three stamens, three styles, a three-celled ovary, the flower growing out from a whorl of three leaves, make the naming of wake-robins a simple matter to the novice.
The trillium or western wake-robin as it is sometimes known is an attractive perennial wildflower suitable for shady woodland gardens.
Newcomb had used the same term to describe the habitat of the Canada violets that I had found massed in a moist shady spot, as well as for the beautiful crimson wake-robins, or red trilliums, that bloomed here and there on the forest floor.
The large flowered wake-robin is probably the showiest one.
Definition of wake-robin in US English:
wake-robin
nounˈwākˌräbən
1North American
another term for trillium
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The large flowered wake-robin is probably the showiest one.
White trilliums are also known as large-flowered trilliums, snow trilliums, showy trilliums, grand trilliums, and white wake-robins.
The trillium or western wake-robin as it is sometimes known is an attractive perennial wildflower suitable for shady woodland gardens.
Newcomb had used the same term to describe the habitat of the Canada violets that I had found massed in a moist shady spot, as well as for the beautiful crimson wake-robins, or red trilliums, that bloomed here and there on the forest floor.
Three sepals, three petals, twice three stamens, three styles, a three-celled ovary, the flower growing out from a whorl of three leaves, make the naming of wake-robins a simple matter to the novice.