Wake-robin, Toadshade or Toad Trillium – Nature Walk around Meadowbrook Log Cabin, Hendersonville NC

These trilliums grow in early April along Upper Ridgewood Blvd. They are also called Wake-robins. But most people call them Toad Trilliums. They don’t smell good, so don’t sniff them.

Wake-robin, Toadshade or Toad Trillium – Nature Walk around Meadowbrook Log Cabin, Hendersonville NC
Wake-robin, Toadshade or Toad Trillium

They look like they are closed, but this is what they always look like. They don’t really open.

Wake-robin, Toadshade or Toad Trillium – Nature Walk around Meadowbrook Log Cabin, Hendersonville NC
Wake-robin, Toadshade or Toad Trillium