Trillium rivale 'Del Norte'
totototo@telus.net (Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:53:12 PDT)

Does anyone know what the authentic description of Trillium rivale
'Del Norte'?

The name has turned up in seedlists off and on for many years, but
without description. I have a dim recollection of being told it was
originally found by Wayne Roderick in Del Norte county, California,
distinguished by the petals being pure white and unmarked. However,
this memory is very dim and uncertain.

Boyd Kline found a trillium on French Hill, in Del Norte country,
that he believed to be a hybrid between T. rivale and T. ovatum. I
have been growing F3+ seedlings from this for many years and suspect
it may be a polyploid T. rivale, rather than a hybrid. Seedlings from
my stock are being sold by Fraser's Thimble Farms as 'Del Norte' but
I am not persuaded that this is a correct application of that
cultivar name.

Google turned up nothing useful.

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