Trillium cuneatum

Taxobox
name = "Little sweet Betsy"

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image_caption = "Trillium cuneatum"
status = G4
status_system = TNC
status_ref = Cite web
publisher =NatureServe
title = Trillium cuneatum
work = NatureServe Explorer
url = http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Trillium+cuneatum+
accessdate = 2008-05-02]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Liliales
familia = Melanthiaceae
genus = "Trillium"
species = "T. cuneatum"
binomial = "Trillium cuneatum"
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range_map_caption = US distribution by state of "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).

References

* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101987 Entry on eFloras.org for "Trillium cuneatum"]