that are …
boot-top high (~30 cm high) (~12 in high)  or
ankle-high (<9 cm high) (<3½ in high) :

Boot-top high (~30 cm high) (~12 in high)

with a …
flower appearing above the leaves  or
flower appearing below the leaves :

Flower appearing above the leaves

with …
◼︎◼︎ white petals (can be pink after a cold winter)
◼︎ white trillium  Trillium grandiflorum
◼︎ deep red petals
◼︎ red trillium  Trillium erectum
◼︎ yellow petals, leaves=▥ variegated[?]
◼︎ yellow trillium  Trillium luteum

Flower appearing below the leaves

three leaves attached at equal 120° angles
flower appears beneath the leaves, with white petals
nodding trillium/whip-poor-will flower  Trillium cernuum
three leaves attached T-shaped at 90°, 90° and 180° angles
green flower appears beneath the leaves,
Jack in the pulpit  Arisaema triphyllum

Ankle-high (<9 cm high) (<3½ in high)

flower appears above the leaves, with white or deep red petals
snow trillium  Trillium nivale

Learn more about trillium genus Trillium

Part of bunchflower  family Melanthiaceae (formerly family Liliaceae ), in lily / trillium / 🌷︎ tulip  order Liliales.

Various species are native to different temperate areas of 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 North America and Asia.   ▭ 🌎︎ Map of most species by county (🇺🇸 USA-48), (all species together) (colors).

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

Trillium hosts caterpillars of 2 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas. Uses by butterflies,
planting info   Trillium likes sandy soils, because their seeds are disbursed by 🐜︎ ants, and ants like sandy soils.

Wildflowers of West Michigan  Adobe Acrobat Reader file (page 8)

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◼︎ white trillium  Trillium grandiflorum ◼︎ yellow trillium  Trillium luteum