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Louisiana wakerobin

Trillium ludovicianum

Also called Louisiana Toadshade, Louisiana Trillium

Louisiana wakerobin
Photo: peganum, CC BY-SA 2.0

Louisiana wakerobin is a small woodland perennial from a rhizome, native to moist woods and floodplains in Louisiana, Mississippi and eastern Texas. Keep it cool, shaded and consistently moist, as it resents drying out and heat.

Family
Melanthiaceae (Melanthi family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist during the growing season and avoid drying out.
Soil
Rich, moist, humus-heavy woodland soil with good drainage.
Temperature
Hardy in cool to mild conditions; protect from prolonged heat above about 30 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Louisiana to Mississippi
Climate
temperate

About

Trillium ludovicianum, the Louisiana wakerobin or Louisiana trillium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is found only in the south-central United States, in Louisiana, Mississippi, and eastern Texas.

Other Trillium plants

Giant white wakerobin · Narrowpetal wakerobin · Kamchatka Trillium · Bashful wakerobin · Whip-poor-will flower · Trillium channellii · Giant wakerobin · Wenatchee Mountains Trillium · Little sweet Betsy · Chattahoochee River wakerobin · Trailing wakerobin · Mottled wakerobin

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trillium ludovicianum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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