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|familia=Trilliaceae
|familia=Trilliaceae
|genus=Trillium
|genus=Trillium
|species=cuneatum
|species=cuneatum
|common_name=Sweet Betsy, Toad shade
|common_name=Sweet Betsy, Toad shade
|Max wd metric=in
|Max wd metric=in
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Wikipedia
|exposure=part-sun, shade
|exposure=part-sun, shade
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=9
|max_zone=9
|image=Upload.png
|image=Trillium Nashville.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
|image_caption=''Trillium cuneatum''
}}
}}
'''''Trillium cuneatum''''' or '''Sweet Betsy''' is a flowering [[perennial plant]] which is native to parts of the southeastern [[United States]] that flowers in early March to mid April. It is also known as ''whip-poor-will flower'', ''large toadshade'', ''purple toadshade'', and ''bloody butcher''. The plant has three broad, mottled leaves surrounding a sessile, banana-scented flower.<ref name=carman>{{cite book|title=Wildflowers of Tennessee|first=Jack B.|last=Carman|publisher=Highland Rim Press|year=2001|page=372}}</ref> The petals are erect and maroon, bronze, green, or yellow in color.<ref name=carman/> This [[wildflower]] prefers to grow in rich soils mostly upland woods, especially [[limestone]] soils, also in less [[calcareous]] sites. It is found at elevations of 50–400 meters (165–2300 feet).
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