Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb.

Stem 2–4 dm at anthesis; lvs ovate or rhombic or subrotund, at an thesis 8–12 cm, short-acuminate, narrowed from below the middle to an acute base (rarely short-petioled); peduncle erect or declined, 5–8 cm, the fl held above the lvs; sep lanceolate, ascending-spreading, 3–5 cm; pet normally white, turning pink in age, ascending from the base, spreading above, obovate or elliptic, evidently longer than the sep, 4–8 cm, acute; filaments more than half as long as the introrse anthers and scarcely (if at all) wider, the whole stamen 15–25 mm; stigmas slender, erect, slightly shorter than the white, 6-winged and-sulcate ovary; 2n=10. Rich moist woods; Que. and Me. to Minn., s. to Pa., O., and Ind., and in the mts. to n. Ga. and ne. Ala. Apr., May.

It is a temperate plant. It is frost hardy. It grows in rich, moist woodlands. It can grow in shade. It needs moist, rich, well drained soil. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.

The young unfolding leaves can be added fresh to salads. They can be boiled and served with vinegar. (The leaves become bitter once the buds and flowers appear.)

It is grown from sections of the rhizome. These are spaced 15-30 cm apart and 10 cm deep. Plants can be propagated by division or from seed.