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Large-Flowered Trillium
Trillium grandiflorum		  
Family Lily (Liliaceae)
Bloom Spring
Habitat Moist deciduous woods
Status Native
Cycle Perennial
Height 8-18"
Flower Single white flower 2-4" wide grows from a single stalk.  It has three wavy-edged, triangle-shaped white petals that are set against 3 pointed, petal-like green sepals.
Leaf There are 3 large pointed toothless, broad leaves 3-6" long with veins that extend to the leaf's edge.
Notes The white flowers turn pink with age.  A disease caused by a mycoplasma-like organism results in a green discoloration of the petals ranging from a narrow green streak to a completely green blossom.

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