Melanthiaceae
Bloody butcher
Trillium recurvatum
- Family
- Melanthiaceae
- Genus
- Trillium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bloody butcher
Synonyms
- Phyllantherum recurvatum (L.C.Beck) Nieuwl.
- Trillium recurvatum f. esepalum J.D.Freeman & Heineke
- Trillium recurvatum f. foliosum Steyerm.
- Trillium recurvatum f. luteum Clute
- Trillium recurvatum f. luteum Friesner
- Trillium recurvatum f. petaloideum Steyerm.
- Trillium recurvatum f. recurvatum
- Trillium recurvatum f. shayi E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.
- Trillium unguiculatum Raf.
- Trillium unguiculatum Nutt.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Amos Oliver Doyle, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kenneth Darland, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.