Prairie Trillium is a native, perennial in Wisconsin. It grows 12 to 18 inches tall. It bears a red-maroon flower that grows directly from the center of a whorl of three leaves. The three petals are erect and clawed and the three sepals are turned down. The flower is nearly two inches tall. The leaves have a mottled dark and light green appearance. They are ovate in shape and smooth along their margins. The leaves are three to six inches long and two to four inches wide. Despite its name, it grows rich, moist, shady woodlands in southern Wisconsin. (EW)