Trillium cuneatum

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Little sweet Betsy
Trillium cuneatum
Trillium cuneatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Liliales
Family: Trilliaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species: T. cuneatum
Binomial name
Trillium cuneatum

Trillium cuneatum or Little sweet Betsy is a flowering perennial plant which is native to parts of the southeastern United States that flowers in early March to mid April. It is also known as whip-poor-will flower, cuneate trillium, large toadshade, purple toadshade, and bloody butcher. This wildflower prefers to grow in rich soils mostly upland woods, especially limestone soils, also in less calcareous sites. It is found at elevations of 50 - 400 meters (165- 2,300 feet).

US distribution of Little sweet Betsy
US distribution of Little sweet Betsy












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Species of Trillium

Trillium albidum | Trillium angustipetalum | Trillium catesbaei (Bashful Wake Robin | Trillium cernuum | Trillium chloropetalum (Giant Wake Robin) | Trillium cuneatum (Little sweet Betsy) | Trillium decipiens | Trillium decumbens | Trillium discolor (Faded Trillium ) | Trillium erectum (Wake Robin) | Trillium flexipes (Bent Trillium) | Trillium foetidissimum | Trillium govanianum (Himalayan Trillium) | Trillium gracile | Trillium grandiflorum (Large-flowered Trillium) | Trillium kamtschaticum | Trillium kurabayashii | Trillium lancifolium | Trillium ludovicianum | Trillium luteum (Yellow Wake Robin | Trillium maculatum | Trillium nivale (Klamath Trillium) | Trillium ovatum (Western Wake Robin) | Trillium parviflorum | Trillium persistens (Persistent Trillium) | Trillium petiolatum (Roundleaf Trillium) | Trillium pusillum | Trillium recurvatum | Trillium reliquum | Trillium rivale | Trillium rugelii (Southern Nodding Trillium) | Trillium sessile | Trillium simile (Jeweled Wake Robin) | Trillium smallii | Trillium stamineum | Trillium sulcatum | Trillium texanum | Trillium tschonoskii | Trillium underwoodii | Trillium undulatum (Painted Trillium) | Trillium vaseyi | Trillium viride | Trillium viridescens (Ozark Trillium) |