I can see ■ yellow trillium Trillium luteum

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Also called yellow wakerobin.

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

Native to 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada and USA, east of the 🗻︎ Rocky Mountains.   🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (color key).

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

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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