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Wake-robin usually has dark reddish-purple flowers, but occasionally they are white. More rarely, the flowers are pinkish or greenish. White-flowered wake-robin can be confused with large-flowered trillium, but wake-robin has a purple ovary (in the middle of the flower), and its petals are narrower and do not overlap at the base.

• Family: Lily (Liliaceae)
• Habitat: rich woods
• Height: 7-16 inches
• Flower size: 2-3 inches wide
• Flower color: dark reddish-purple, occasionally pink, white, or greenish
• Flowering time: April to June
• Origin: native