Common Name -  Nodding Trillium
	Scientific Name - Trillium cernuum
	Family Name - Lily (Liliaceae)
Season	Perennial, spring through early summer.
Habitat	Deciduous woods with shade and lots of moisture.
Flower	Regular, suspended by a stalk below the leaf, composed of 3 white petals and 3 light green sepals. Each plant produces a solitary flower that is 1 to 1 1/2 inches wide. Petals are curved back at the tip. Stamens pink.
Leaves	Each plant contains 3, simple, toothless leaves joined around a central point to form a whorl.
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