One of the most famous members of the famous Trillium family, the Red (or Purple) Trillium is known by several names, including Wake Robin. The spring blooms are up to 4 in. across, and held high above the leaves on upright plants to 16." tall. Like all Trilliums, everything appears in threes--three leaves, three petals. For centuries the flowers were picked heavily, which is unfortunate since a picked trillium is a dead trillium. But it was the clearing of the forests for farming, a necessity for the colonists, that really devastated the woodland wildflowers.