Trillium in West Virginia Photo Gallery by Donna Race at pbase.com

Trillium in West Virginia

LILY Family
2 - 4" flowers
The first 8 shots are the same plant, to depict growth stages. The trillium are abundant this year!!!
The ones with the dark centers are another species which I have been unable to identify, also abundant.

Trillium Grandiflorum Bud on top of rock ledge

Another view of the Trillium Grandiflorum bud.

Budding Trillium Grandiflorum found above above the rock ledge.

Trillium Grandiflorum

Trillium Grandiflorum

Trillium Grandiflorum turning pink, same bloom as first bud.

Trillium Grandiflorum

Trillium Grandflorum

First Trillium Grandiflorum - partially open

Trillium Grandiflorum

Trillium Grandiflorum

Trillium Grandiflorum, extreme macro

Trillium Grandiflorum

Time to clean up!

Trillium Grandiflorum

Trillium unidentified variety

Trillium, Unidentified species - just opening

Trillium

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MountainBear 19-Apr-2011 04:44
Red/Burgandy Trilliums are blooming in many parts of the lower elevations of Tucker County. Have seen hillsides covered with them. Beautiful!

Sharon 11-Feb-2011 16:49
We grew up in Rainelle, WV and used to play in the woods down near the Meadow River. In the darker areas of the woods in the spring, we found many trillums of various colors, from snowy white, white, with burgandy lines, yellows, soft pink, a deeper pink, a red and one that was almost black in color. We were always taught to never pick them, in the same area were many varieties and sizes of violets, from tiny to very large. Now they have developed that area and I am sure they are all gone.

Sandy Green 16-May-2010 23:32
Hey Phil - I live on Flat Ridge too. North Face just down the hill. I have several of the Purple Trilliums on my place. And P. Woody...is that 'quiet zone' P. Woody?

Cheyenne Meadows 17-Apr-2010 18:24
I have seen the red ones..to me they smell like fish. I would love to know the name of them.

Jane Malone 11-Apr-2009 22:08
I have a dark red trillium in bloom right now, 4/11/09. I live on Cheat Lake in Morgantown, WV. It is solitary, but was there last spring as well.
Jane Malone

carolyn 28-Mar-2009 23:28
The red Trillium you refer too is also called wake robin, or stinking benjamen. The trilliums with the purple inside are all wake robins, even though they are a different color. They all have a stinking smell, of a wet dog.

Donna Race 10-May-2008 02:38
Phil, please click the link in my comment below. I believe it is called a Purple Trillium.

Phil Eastman 09-May-2008 22:00
I own property on Flat Ridge (Canaan) on the lower portion of the mountainside facing Allegheny Mt. I found a burgundy (solid colored) Trilliun. Any idea what it is - I have not been able to find on the internet.

Donna Race 04-May-2008 05:34
No, I haven't seen a Red Trillium around here. Please check out this link and see if it is what you are trying to identify.http://www.pbase.com/kstuebin/image/95819317 It was taken by my friend Karen in Southern WV.

P. Woody 04-May-2008 00:41
Have you ever seen a red trillium? I have found some recently and cannot identify them.

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Trillium Grandiflorum Bud on top of rock ledge	Another view of the Trillium Grandiflorum bud.	Budding Trillium Grandiflorum found above above the rock ledge.	Trillium Grandiflorum
Trillium Grandiflorum	Trillium Grandiflorum turning pink, same bloom as first bud.	Trillium Grandiflorum	Trillium Grandflorum
First Trillium Grandiflorum - partially open			Trillium Grandiflorum
Trillium Grandiflorum	Trillium Grandiflorum, extreme macro	Trillium Grandiflorum	Time to clean up!
Trillium Grandiflorum	Trillium unidentified variety	Trillium, Unidentified species - just opening	Trillium

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MountainBear		19-Apr-2011 04:44
Red/Burgandy Trilliums are blooming in many parts of the lower elevations of Tucker County. Have seen hillsides covered with them. Beautiful!

Sharon		11-Feb-2011 16:49
We grew up in Rainelle, WV and used to play in the woods down near the Meadow River. In the darker areas of the woods in the spring, we found many trillums of various colors, from snowy white, white, with burgandy lines, yellows, soft pink, a deeper pink, a red and one that was almost black in color. We were always taught to never pick them, in the same area were many varieties and sizes of violets, from tiny to very large. Now they have developed that area and I am sure they are all gone.

Sandy Green		16-May-2010 23:32
Hey Phil - I live on Flat Ridge too. North Face just down the hill. I have several of the Purple Trilliums on my place. And P. Woody...is that 'quiet zone' P. Woody?

Cheyenne Meadows		17-Apr-2010 18:24
I have seen the red ones..to me they smell like fish. I would love to know the name of them.

Jane Malone		11-Apr-2009 22:08
I have a dark red trillium in bloom right now, 4/11/09. I live on Cheat Lake in Morgantown, WV. It is solitary, but was there last spring as well. Jane Malone

carolyn		28-Mar-2009 23:28
The red Trillium you refer too is also called wake robin, or stinking benjamen. The trilliums with the purple inside are all wake robins, even though they are a different color. They all have a stinking smell, of a wet dog.

Donna Race		10-May-2008 02:38
Phil, please click the link in my comment below. I believe it is called a Purple Trillium.

Phil Eastman		09-May-2008 22:00
I own property on Flat Ridge (Canaan) on the lower portion of the mountainside facing Allegheny Mt. I found a burgundy (solid colored) Trilliun. Any idea what it is - I have not been able to find on the internet.

Donna Race		04-May-2008 05:34
No, I haven't seen a Red Trillium around here. Please check out this link and see if it is what you are trying to identify.http://www.pbase.com/kstuebin/image/95819317 It was taken by my friend Karen in Southern WV.

P. Woody		04-May-2008 00:41
Have you ever seen a red trillium? I have found some recently and cannot identify them.