Painted Trillium

Trillidium undulatum

Native to Kentucky (estimated)

Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

2CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including KY

Genus host records with ranges including KY · Trillium

1BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Trillium

Individual names are not available yet.

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

2AntsRecorded seed interactions

Aphaenogaster rudis: Seed dispersal.

Solenopsis invicta: Seed dispersal.

No records yet · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Growing sources and scope

Flower color · “Pink, purple, red or white” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Hardiness · “Zones 3a–8b” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Height · “8.0004 inches–2 feet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Life cycle · “Perennial” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Light · “Deep shade (less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight); Partial shade (direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Soil · “Moist; Occasionally wet” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Soil pH · “Acidic” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox
Spread · “6 inches–1 foot” · NC Extension Plant Toolbox

Also known as

Painted Trillium; Striped Wake Robin; Trillium undulatum; trillium

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