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🥾 boot-top high (∼ 30 cm high) (∼ 12 in high) or 👟︎ ankle-high (<9 cm high) (<3½ in high) :
with a … ✾/🍁︎ flower appearing ↑ above the leaves or ✾\🍁︎ flower appearing ↓ below 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
three leaves attached at ⛛ equal 120° angles✾\🍁︎ white flower appears ↓ beneath the leavesnodding trillium/whip-poor-will flower Trillium cernuum three leaves attached T-shaped at 90°, 90° and 180° angles✾\🍁︎ green flower appears ↓ beneath the leavesJack in the pulpit Arisaema triphyllum
✾/🍁︎ flower appears ↑ above the leaves, with white or deep red petalssnow trillium Trillium nivale
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).
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
Trillium hosts caterpillars of 2 speciesof butterflies and moths, in some areas. Uses by butterflies,planting info Wildflowers of West Michigan (page 8)
Trillium likes sandy soil, because their seeds are disbursed by 🐜︎ ants, and ants like sandy soil. Trillium seeds are disbursed by ants because trillium seeds (and seeds of other woodland plants that seem to grow in clumps) have a 😋︎ yummy attachment, that cause 🐜︎ ants to move them to their nests, up to 2.4 m (8 ft) [2] or 8 m (30 ft) away! [3]
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◼︎ white trillium Trillium grandiflorum ◼︎ yellow trillium Trillium luteum