In Ohio we have eight different species of Trillium: T. navale (snow or dwarf trillium), T. grandiflorum (great white trillium-see photo above), T. sessile (toad shade/toad trillium), T. recurvatum (prairie trillium), T. erectum (red trillium-stinking trillium), T. undulatum(painted trillium), T. flexipes (drooping trillium), and T. cernuum (nodding trillium) - this last one is potentially extinct from Ohio's borders being a northern most, cool liking trillium, it is thought to have migrated north (into the lake). Only one of these species can be found in all 88 Counties - The Great White Trillium - our state's official wildflower. Below you can see bud to bloom of the Trillium grandiflorum, as well as a special find - Trillium flexipes (Drooping Trillium) that I found last year in Ashland County!
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