I'm confused. All the information I have shows T. chloropetalum to have red flowers, and it's distribution to be similar to that of Redwoods (Sequoia). T. angustipetalum grows in the Sierras, among the Giant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron), not Redwoods, and also in coastal southern Califronia, again, not Redwood country. The red Trillium growing in a shady gully where I live keys out to T. chloropetalum, and I live in very definite Redwood country. David E. ________________________________ From: Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tue, April 2, 2013 9:29:35 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] ID requested for Trillium cf. chloropetalum Regarding the question about red-flowered Trillium in California's Redwood National Park, I recently posted a query about the taxonomic status of Trillium kurabayashii, a red trillium from around the Oregon-California border commonly grown in gardens here in Portland. I learned that the name T. angustipetalum is now applied to populations in some parts of California, and CalFlora's website seems to imply that T. kurabayashii has been sunk in that name. I am growing a red trillium from Tuolumne County (one of the T. angustipetalum locales) and several "kurabayashii" from Portland gardens. The latter eventually grow larger. I received some very interesting private correspondence from Larry Neel, who sent me photos of a remarkable number of color variants of both red trilliums and T. chloropetalum that he photographed in the wild. It still isn't clear to me whether T. kurabayashii is a currently accepted taxon, or sunk in angustipetalum, or what the difference between the two is other than size and distribution. In any case, these two names cover any red trillium that might be in Redwood National Park, and T. chloropetalum appears now to be restricted to populations with sessile, whitish (greenish, yellowish) flowers and red-mottled leaves. The other western white trilliums do not have sessile flowers. Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, USA At 08:30 AM 4/2/2013, you wrote: >(Forwarded from the contact form) > >"Hi, I went camping in the Redwood National Park this weekend, and >found a species of red trillium I can't ID. I'd like to send a pic, >hoping one of you guys might know what it is. I think it is a Trillium >chloropetalum. Thanks Jessica" > >To see her photo in habitat scroll to the bottom of the Mystery Bulb >page >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…