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Photographer: Paul Drobot
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Family Liliaceae
Trillium recurvatum Beck
bloody butcher, bloody noses, prairie trillium, red trillium, reflexed trillium, toadshade
Trillium: Latin tres for three and lilium for lily
recurvatum: recurved
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 8"-16" tall forb, with an unpleasant odor |
| Flower: | purple, 3-parted, 1" wide, petals slightly longer than the green sepals; solitary, not stalked, usually erect; blooms April-May |
| Fruit: | green to white with purple areas, 1/4" oval berry, no odor, 6-angled, almost winged, pulpy inside |
| Leaf: | 1 whorl of 3, usually mottled leaves at the top of the stem on a distinct, 1/2"-1" long stalk |
| Habitat: | moderate moisture; prairies, woods |
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