Thanks to Carl Denton for supplying the following list of common names for trillium.  If you   have any additions that would help fill out this list, we would love to hear from you.

Contact Carl Denton at: Trilliums@compuserv.com or Jan Rendfroe at: jrenfroe@eaglerockfarms.com

Species Names

Common Names for Trillium Species

Trillium albidum

Fragrant white toadshade

Trillium catesbaei

Nodding rose wake-robin, Rosy trillium, Bashful wake robin

Trillium cernuum

Nodding trillium, Northern nodding wake-robin

Trillium chloropetalum

Western purple eyed toadshade

Trillium chloropetalum v. giganteum

giganteum Fragrant purple toadshade

Trillium cuneatum

Whippoorwill toadshade, Sweet Betsy

Trillium decumbens

Trailing toadshade

Trillium erectum

Red trillium, Wet dog, Stinking willie, Red death flower, Foetid wake-robin

Trillium erectum album

Wax trillium

Trillium flexipes

Bent wake-robin, Drooping trillium

Trillium foetidissimum

Stinking toadshade

Trillium gracile

Slender toadshade

Trillium grandiflorum

Wake Robin, Birthroot, White trillium, Death flower, Showy wake robin

Trillium kurabayashii

Western whippoorwill toadshade

Trillium lancifolium

Lance leaf toadshade

Trillium ludovicianum

Louisiana toadshade

Trillium luteum

Lemon toadshade, Yellow toadshade.

Trillium maculatum

Marble-leaf toadshade

Trillium nivale

Snow trillium

Trillium ovatum

Pacific trillium, Western showy wake-robin

Trillium parviflorum

Western small flower

Trillium pusillum v. alabamacum

Trillium pusillum v. georgianum

Trillium pusillum v. kentuckianum

Trillium pusillum v. monticulum

Trillium pusillum v. ozarkanum

Trillium pusillum v. pusillum

Trillium pusillum v. texanum

Trillium pusillum v. virginianum

Trillium recurvatum

Prairie trillium, Bloody butcher, Eastern petioled toadshade

Trillium rivale

Brook trillium, Siskiyou wake-robin

Trillium rugelii

Southern nodding wake-robin

Trillium simile

Sweet white wake-robin

Trillium sessile

Toad trillium, Common Toad shade

Trillium stamineum

Flared toadshade, Twisted petalled toadshade

Trillium undulatum

Painted lady, Striped wake robin

Trillium vaseyi

Sweet trillium, Sweet Beth. Vasey’s wake robin