Purple or Red Trillium or Wake-robin |
Purple or Red Trillium or Wake-robin |
Trillium erectum |
Lily Family - Liliaceae |
Flower (2.5 to 3 inches wide) solitary, nodding, and ill-scented with three maroon
to reddish-purple petals. Six yellow stamens and three prominent green sepals.
Three entire leaves, in a whorled arrangement, with net-like veining rather than
the prominent parallel veining of other trilliums. (Photographed - early May) |
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