Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Trillium L.

Family: Liliaceae

Origin: native

Common names:

American herb Paris (1818) (10)

Benjamins (1892) (73)

Birthroot [Birthroot] (1900-1930) (1, 106, 158)

Mooseflower [Moose flowers] (1894, NY) (75)

Paris wort (1876?) (92)

Trillium (1923-Present) (50, 106, 138, 155)

True-love of Canada (1814, Neb) (167)

Wake-robin [Wake robin, Wakerobin] (1900-1949) (1, 93, 106, 109, 155, 156, 158)

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