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Red Trillium [Trillium erected]

Flower       Flower      

Common Name: Red Trillium
Scientic Name: Trillium erected
Colors: Red
Months Appearing: May

Other names Wake Robin, Purple Trillium, Stinking Benjamin.

Perennial. Herbaceous 12 to 16 inches tall.

Flower- 3 petals and 3 sepals.  Fetid odor. 'Wet dog."

Leaves- whorl of 3, diamond shaped. 

Woods, 5/8/25/ 1152, 1147, Traverse City Park.


Attributes

Habitat

Woods

Height of Plant

1-2 feet (30-60 cm)