Was walking in Northern Ca. zone 7 by the creek in the park, found a low growing plant with a 2 tone leaf (plant has 3 roundish leaves) the leaves are about 3 to 4" diameter green with burgundy/brownish spots, center of the plants had a burgundy flower, when it opens it looks like a star magnolia. Does not have runners. Woody, shaded, damp area. This was a patch about 20' by 15' walked her before have never seen it. None of the plants were taller than 10". Leaves are smooth. The roots seem to be about 6" under ground, I could not dig up...
2007-03-17 16:20:49 · 3 answers · asked by judy beav 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Judy, It sounds like the plant you are talking about is ... "Trillium chloropetalum". The common name is, Giant Wake Robin or Giant Trillium. It's native to northern California and the Pacific Northwest and blooms in the spring. It's natural habitat is the forest floor in a damp,shady location. Some varieties have mottled leaves. This plant grows all over the country with different variations in leaf color and flower color depending on location. Here is a couple of links to compare your findings...
http://www.coestatepark.com/trillium_chloropetalum_garland.htm
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Trillium/Trillium_chloropetalum_Volcano.jpg
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Trillium/Trillium-chloropetalum.jpg
Billy Ray
2007-03-17 18:03:18 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Billy Ray♥ Valentine 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
For sure like someone else said it's Trillium. Rub the leaves and if it smells like skunk cabbage it's probably Trillium.
2007-03-21 18:36:17 · answer #2 · answered by wildveggie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
U can root the leaf if you can pick one, just put it in soil with sand in it in the sunshine.
http://www.plants.com
2007-03-17 23:25:15 · answer #3 · answered by sunflare63 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋