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{{SPlantbox
 
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|familia=Trilliaceae
 
|familia=Trilliaceae
|genus=Trillium  
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|genus=Trillium
 
|species=cuneatum
 
|species=cuneatum
 
|common_name=Sweet Betsy, Toad shade
 
|common_name=Sweet Betsy, Toad shade
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|Max wd metric=in
 
|Max wd metric=in
 
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|lifespan=perennial
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|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
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|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
|max_zone=9
 
|max_zone=9
|image=Upload.png
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|image=Trillium Nashville.jpg
 
|image_width=240
 
|image_width=240
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|image_caption=''Trillium cuneatum''
 
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Describe the plant here...
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'''''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).
    
==Cultivation==
 
==Cultivation==

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