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Trillium recurvatum
Also called Bloody Noses, Prairie Trillium, Prairie Wakerobin, Toadshade, Prairie Wake Robin, Purple Trillium, Recurved Trillium
Trillium recurvatum, the prairie trillium, toadshade, or bloody butcher, is a species of perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is native to parts of central and eastern United States, where it is found from Iowa south to Texas and east to North Carolina and Pennsylvania. It grows in mesic forests and savannas, often in calcareous soils. It is also known as bloody noses, red trillium, prairie wake-robin, purple trillium, and reflexed trillium, in reference to its reflexed sepals. T. recurvatum is a host plant as well as food source for several insects and mammals.
T. recurvatum grows in the eastern and central United States, centered in Illinois and Indiana but ranging over at least sixteen states to some extent, from eastern Oklahoma to western North Carolina, north to central Wisconsin and south to southeastern Texas. The plant can be found in deciduous forests throughout its range, although it especially prefers moister, limestone-rich soil. This includes ravines, floodplain and mesic forests, moist oak savannas (especially in Illinois and Indiana), and southern hardwood forests.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trillium recurvatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
