PAINTED TRILLIUM              WHITE/PINK

Trillium undulatum                    April-June

Lily Family

Flower: 2-2.5” wide

Plant:  8-20” high

    Growing on the erect stalk of this plant is a single large flower with 3 white or pinkish wavy-edged petals, 3 green sepals, and 6 stamens with pink tips.  Each petal is marked at the base with an inverted crimson V.  The leaves are in a whorl of 3 and are stalked, bluish-green, 2.5-5” long, oval and tapered to a sharp point.

 

    Painted Trillium is found in cool, rich, moist woods and swamps.  A dark red berry, which ripens in September, has 3 slight angles.

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