Trillium cuneatum
(Sweet Betsy)

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Facts About this Plant:

    Common Names: Sweet Betsy, Toadshade Trillium, Little Sweet Betsy, Wood Lily, Bloody Butcher, Hugher's Trillium, Large Toadshade, Purple Toadshade, Toad Trillium, Whip-poor-will Flower, Wood Trillium
    Synonyms: Trillium hugeri
    Lifespan: Perennial
    Zones: 5 - 8
    Type: Forb
    Bloom Time: March - May
    Status: Native
    Range:

Trillium cuneatum, or Sweet Betsy, is native to most of the southeastern United States. It is a perennial that grows in moist to drying open woods, along streamsides and on bluffs and ledges. It blooms in mid to late spring with maroon flowers.

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