Many flowers have more than one common name, however this one has more than usual: pacific trillium, trinity flower, western trillium, western wake robin, wakerobin, western white trillium, white trillium.

western white trillium (trillium Ovatum)
The white trillium bears distinctive 3-petaled, white flowers in spring above its dark-green leaves.

western white trillium (trillium Ovatum)

white petal of the western white trillium (trillium Ovatum)

pollen covered anthers (trillium Ovatum)
Below - a cut away view of a western white trillium flower (trillium Ovatum) showing the long stem, subterranean bulb and roots.

cut away view of a western white trillium (trillium Ovatum)
2 comments:
Great shots of a magical flower. Those things are almost surreal to me in their symmetry and how three is such a theme in their form. Even three colors throughout the bloom's life. One of my favorite native plants.
Bp
Bpaul
This is a cool flower I agree. I have been promising myself for the last two years that I would make time to get some interesting shots. And yet, before I knew it, the blooms would be done.
I wasn't going to let it slip by again this year...
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