Yellow Trillium, Yellow Wakerobin, Trillium viride Beck var. luteum, Naturalized Minnesota Wildflower plant, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

	Plants of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
	Common Name	Scientific Name	Plant Family	Garden Location	Prime Season
	Yellow Trillium	Trillium luteum (Muhl.) Harbison	Lily	Woodland	Spring
Other names and notes	(Yellow Wakerobin). Similar in appearance to Toadshade (T. sissile) , but with a pale yellow stalkless flower that has erect yellow sepals with greenish veins. The stalkless leaves with mottled color resembling Hosta leaves.Tthree in number like all trilliums, they appear at the top of of the stem, which can be up to 15 feet high. The plant grows from thick rhizomes and will spread into a nice clump overtime. Like most Trilliums it will grow best in well drained soil in partial to full shade.

Notes: This plant was listed on Martha Crone's 1951 inventory of plants in the Garden at that time. The plant is not native to Minnesota but to a few states in the SE United States and Michigan. It is maintained as a historic Garden plant.

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References: Plant characteristics are generally from sources 15, 16, 30, 31, 33, W2 & W3. Distribution principally from W2 and also 31, 34 and W1. Planting history generally from 1, 4 & 4a. Other sources by specific reference. See Reference List for details.

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