Alternate name: Painted Wakerobin

Family: Liliaceae, Lily view all from this family

Description The erect, stalked flower has an inverted, pink V at the base of each white, wavy-edged petal.
Flowers: 2-2 1/2" (5-6.3 cm) wide; sepals 3, green; petals 3, white and pink; stamens 6, pink-tipped.
Leaves: 2 1/2-5" (6.3-12.5 cm) long, in a whorl of 3, stalked, ovate, tapering to a point, bluish-green, waxy.
Fruit: shiny red berry.
Height: 8-20" (20-50 cm).

Flower April-June.

Habitat Moist, acid woods and swamps.

Range Manitoba to Nova Scotia and Quebec; south to New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and, in the mountains, to Georgia and Tennessee; west to Michigan and Wisconsin.

Discussion This is one of the most attractive woodland Trilliums. It is easily recognized by the splash of pink in the center of the white flower.