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Trillium Red
Toadshade
Trillium sessile Family - liliaceae - Lily This woodland wildflower is pretty common here in Indiana and resembles another trillium - Purple Trillium. The best way to tell them apart is Purple Trillium’s flower is held above the leaves by a short stalk, while the Red Trillium’s flower is nestled almost directly above the three leaves with no stalk supporting it. The flowers are either a purplish or maroon color. There is also a yellow-green form of the wildflower. |
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Red Trillium, or Toadshade, grows from about four inches to twelve inches in height.
Here in southeastern Indiana it blooms in mid to late April. After bloom, it forms
a bright red berry which contains the seed. The seed may be planted in the fall in a
cold frame. The seed needs the cold, damp soil of winter for it to germinate in the
spring, a process called stratification. You will find Red Trillium in rich woodland, preferring the moist, dark conditions found there. It tends to form colonies, growing near Spring Beauty, Toothwort, Trout Lily and other denizens of the woodland. It is one of the more unusual looking spring wildflowers, and quite pretty as well. |
