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Red Trillium
Trillium erectum		  
Family Lily (Liliaceae)
Bloom Spring
Habitat Deciduous Woods
Status Native    Protected: Do Not Pick
Cycle Perennial
Height 6-24"
Flower Flowers have 3 dark red pointed petals and 3 sharply pointed green sepals.
Leaf Three pointed dark green leaves 3-4" long in a whorl around a single stem.  Each leaf has a network of veins.
Notes Red Trillium bloom the same time as the more common white, large-flowered Trillium.  Flowers smell like carrion and attracts flies, which is where it's other common name comes from:  Stinking Benjamin.

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