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|familia=Trilliaceae

|familia=Trilliaceae

|genus=Trillium  

|genus=Trillium

|species=erectum

|species=erectum

|common_name=Bethroot, Birthroot

|common_name=Bethroot, Birthroot

|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia

|flowers=red, pink

|flowers=red, pink

|Temp Metric=°F

|Temp Metric=°C

|min_zone=4

|min_zone=4

|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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'''''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.

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.

 

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

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