Hi Sally. You might have already checked out my suggestion, in which case you can flame me royally for not being caught up on my mail :-) Could the plant you describe be known as "Trillium erectum", aka "Stinking Benjamin"? I found this in Cruickshank's mail order catalogue (a Canadian company) which gives some descriptions of their plants. I searched in vain through a wildflower book printed in 1950 (gasp!) and couldn't find "false trillium". ttys .... messes bill mrsbill@interlinks.net