Trillium ovatum on Bohemia Mt. in the Western Cascades of Oregon at the end of June 1998.

Trilliums really can be rock garden plants!

trill ovatum2Trillium ovatum, note the open bowl-shaped flowers, which differ from Tillium grandiflorum's more funnel-shaped flowers. All the Trillium ovatum pictured on this page were growing in an east facing in a talus slope and there were still a few patches of old snow nearby at the end of June!
Stepping back from the group above. These pictures were all taken on one of the bus trips at the 1998 NARGS Annual meeting.
Closer..

and closer...

The yellow ovary is another difference between T. ovatum and T. grandiflorum which has a white or greenish-white ovary.

 These flowers have a faint pink flush, but they did not appear to be old aged.

all photos by Mike Slater

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