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'''''Trillium erectum''''',  also known as '''Wake-robin''', '''red trillium''', '''purple trillium''', '''Beth root''' or '''Stinking Benjamin''', is a spring-flowering [[perennial plant]] native to the east and north-eastern areas of [[North America]]. The [[flower]]s are a deep red colour, and the plant takes its name Wake-robin by analogy with the [[European Robin|Robin]], which has a red breast that heralds spring.
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This plant grows to about 40 cm in height with a spread of 30 cm and can tolerate extreme cold in winter, surviving temperatures down to -35 C. The flowers have the smell of rotting meat, as they are pollinated by [[Fly|flies]]. The [[Leaf|leaves]] contain [[calcium oxalate]] crystals and crystal [[Ergastic substance#Crystals|raphide]], and should not be consumed by humans.
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Trillium erectum, Linn. (T. pendulum, Willd. T. purpureum. Kin. T. foetidum, Salisb. T. atropurpureum, Curtis). Stout, 1 ft. or more high: lvs. broadly rhombic-ovate: pedicel usually bent over or inclined but sometimes erect: fls. brown-purple to greenish purple, the petals usually about 1 in. long, ovate to lanceolate, not much if any exceeding the sepals. Nova Scotia to Man., N. C. and Mo.—The fls. of T. erectum are ill-smelling. Var. album, Lodd., has white fls.
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Trillium erectum, Linn. (T. pendulum, Willd. T. purpureum. Kin. T. foetidum, Salisb. T. atropurpureum, Curtis). Fig. 3847. Stout, 1 ft. or more high: lvs. broadly rhombic-ovate: pedicel usually bent over or inclined but sometimes erect: fls. brown-purple to greenish purple, the petals usually about 1 in. long, ovate to lanceolate, not much if any exceeding the sepals. Nova Scotia to Man., N. C. and Mo. B.M. 470. L.B.C. 19:1838. F.S. 10:990. Mn. 2:49. G.C. II. 19:605. G.W. 10, p. 36.—The fls. of T. erectum are ill-smelling. Var. album, Lodd., has white fls. B.M. 1027. L.B.C. 19:1850. Var. viridiflorum. Hook. Fls. greenish. B.M. 3250. Not known to be in the trade.
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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: ⇕ 20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Width: ⇔ 20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Bloom: ❀ early spring, mid spring, late spring
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ part-sun, shade
Features: ✓ flowers
Minimum Temp: ☃ -35°C-31 °F <br />238.15 K <br />428.67 °R <br />
USDA Zones: 4 to 9
Flower features: ❀ red, pink
Scientific Names

Trilliaceae >

Trillium >

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Trillium erectum, also known as Wake-robin, red trillium, purple trillium, Beth root or Stinking Benjamin, is a spring-flowering perennial plant native to the east and north-eastern areas of North America. The flowers are a deep red colour, and the plant takes its name Wake-robin by analogy with the Robin, which has a red breast that heralds spring.

This plant grows to about 40 cm in height with a spread of 30 cm and can tolerate extreme cold in winter, surviving temperatures down to -35 C. The flowers have the smell of rotting meat, as they are pollinated by flies. The leaves contain calcium oxalate crystals and crystal raphide, and should not be consumed by humans.


Read about Trillium erectum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Trillium erectum, Linn. (T. pendulum, Willd. T. purpureum. Kin. T. foetidum, Salisb. T. atropurpureum, Curtis). Stout, 1 ft. or more high: lvs. broadly rhombic-ovate: pedicel usually bent over or inclined but sometimes erect: fls. brown-purple to greenish purple, the petals usually about 1 in. long, ovate to lanceolate, not much if any exceeding the sepals. Nova Scotia to Man., N. C. and Mo.—The fls. of T. erectum are ill-smelling. Var. album, Lodd., has white fls.

Var. viridiflorum. Hook. Fls. greenish. Not known to be in the trade. CH


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