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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 to 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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trillium genus Trillium