Trillium recurvatum
Prairie Trillium
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Description
Trillium recurvatum, or Prairie Trillium is a lovely spring perennial with wine-red flowers on top its three, spreading, mottled leaves. The flowers curve inward toward their tips and the sepals hang downward from the flower. One of the earliest blooming trilliums, it blooms at the same time as Virginia Bluebells. Prairie Trillium does well in light shade and slightly damp or moist soils.
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