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Little Sweet Betsy, Purple Toadshade, Large Toadshade, Wedge-petal Trillium, Bloody Butcher - Trillium cuneatum


Family: Liliaceae - Lily family Genus Common Name: Trillium Native Status: NativeMonocot Perennial Herb
Trillium cuneatum - Little Sweet Betsy, Purple Toadshade, Large Toadshade, Wedge-petal Trillium, Bloody Butcher. One of the sessile-flowered, erect-stalked trilliums. Trillium cuneatum blooms from in early- and mid-spring. It is not native in the northern states of its range (MD, MI, PA). Many of these carry a variation of the "Toadshade" moniker as a common name.
Syn. Trillium hugeri

Found in:
AL, GA, IL, KY, MD, MI, MS, NC, PA, SC, TN

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Site: The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA Date: 2009-April-11Photographer: Gerald C. Williamson
Nikon D60
Trillium cuneatum cuddling with a fern. The sepals or petals of T. cuneatum will usually have a tinge or streak of maroon color, even in the other color forms, which help to distinguish the yellow form of T. cuneatum from T. luteum, which has no maroon coloring in sepals or petals.
Trillium cuneatum
Site: Savage Gulf State Natural Area, Grundy County, TN Date: 2017-April-04Photographer: Gerald C Williamson
Nikon D7000
Yellow-green form of Trillium cuneatum. The plant can grow close to the ground, but usually will carry its leaves off the ground, unlike the similar Trillium decumbens, which shares habitat in the areas where they share range.
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Trillium cuneatum
Site: The Pocket at Pigeon Mountain, Walker County, GA Date: 2010-April-14Photographer: Cindy Williamson
Nikon D40
1/60f/6.3 ISO400
Sigma 18-200mm Zoom
200mm (300 equiv) Flash: Yes
Trillium cuneatum occasionally has green, yellow, or bronze petals rather than the more common maroon ones.
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Trillium cuneatum
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Trillium cuneatum initially published on USWildflowers.com 2010-04-07; Updated 2019-04-12

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