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Pacific trillium

Trillium ovatum

The Pacific trillium is a beautiful flower that grows in the woods. It has three white petals that can turn pink as they age, making it look like a little star in the forest!

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Pacific trillium has a single, striking white flower with three broad, ovate petals that deepen to pink or purplish with age. It stands atop a whorl of three large, emerald green leaves, creating a symmetrical display.

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Pacific trillium
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Pacific trillium

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

A Pacific trillium can take up to seven years to bloom its very first flower!

Everything about this plant comes in threes: three leaves, three petals, and three sepals!

Native Americans used its roots for medicine, earning it the nickname 'birthroot'.

Picking a trillium flower can kill the entire plant because its leaves are essential!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Ant Delivery Service

Pacific trillium has special seed attachments called elaiosomes that ants carry, helping the plant spread its seeds far and wide.

Fähigkeit

Age-Telling Petals

Pacific trillium's white petals slowly turn pink or purple as the flower ages, showing its maturity to the world.

Fähigkeit

Perennial Powerhouse

Pacific trillium can live for many decades thanks to its underground rhizome, storing energy to bloom year after year.

Maße und Details

Höhe
20-50 cm
Ausbreitung
20-40 cm
Blütengröße
3-7 cm
Blütezeit
Spring to early summer (March-July)
Essbar
Nein
Giftigkeit
Leicht
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Silky ant

Formica fusca

Carries trillium seeds to their nests, aiding dispersal.

eats

Mule deer

Odocoileus hemionus

Browses on the leaves and flowers of the trillium plant.

pollinates

Little house fly

Fannia canicularis

Visits the flowers and helps transfer pollen for reproduction.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Western trillium

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Do not pick the flowers; they are best enjoyed in nature!

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Pacific trillium?

20-50 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Pacific trillium?

20-40 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Pacific trillium?

3-7 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Pacific trillium?

Spring to early summer (March-July)

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Pacific trillium?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Pacific trillium?

Leicht

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Pacific trillium?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Pacific trillium?

Insekten

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