Alternate name: Red Trillium, Wakerobin
Family: Liliaceae, Lily view all from this family
Description The stalkless flower is directly above the 3 whorled leaves and appears closed, an impression created by its narrow, erect petals.
Flowers: about 1 1/2" (3.8 cm) long; petals 3, reddish-brown or maroon; sepals 3, green, spreading; stamens 6.
Leaves: 1 1/2-6" (3.8-15 cm) long; unstalked, ovate; mottled with light and dark green areas.
Fruit: red berry.
Height: 4-12" (10-30 cm).
Flower April-June.
Habitat Rich woods.
Range W. New York; south to Virginia and Georgia; west to Mississippi, Arkansas, and Missouri; north to Indiana.
Discussion The flower somewhat resembles Purple Trillium (T. erectum) but is distinguished by its lack of stalk and closed appearance. Several other stalkless species that appear closed are Little Sweet Betsy (T. cuneatum), an ill-scented southeastern species with large flowers up to 3" (7.5 cm) long and weakly mottled leaves; Yellow Trillium (T. luteum), in southern and midwestern areas, with yellow, lemon-scented flowers and mottled leaves; Green Wake-Robin (T. viride), also in southern and midwestern areas, with narrow, greenish, clawed petals up to 2" (5 cm) long; and Prairie Trillium (T. recurvatum), a midwestern plant with erect, clawed, maroon petals, drooping sepals, and mottled leaves.
