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painted trillium

Trillium undulatum

The painted trillium is a beautiful flower with white petals that have purple markings. It blooms in spring and can be found in shady forests, adding a splash of color to the ground.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The painted trillium has three vibrant green leaves arranged in a whorl, topped by a single, striking flower. Its three pure white petals feature a distinctive, bright red 'V' or chevron pattern at their base, making it visually different from other white trilliums.

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Despite its beauty, the painted trillium is not often eaten by deer due to its mild toxicity.

It can take a painted trillium plant over a decade to bloom its very first flower!

Picking a trillium flower can actually harm the plant for many years, even killing it.

The plant’s unique markings inspired its name, looking like it was 'painted' with a brush!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Ant Courier Service

Painted trillium seeds have a fatty attachment that ants love, helping them disperse seeds far from the parent plant.

Fähigkeit

Long-lived Bloom

This plant has a perennial lifecycle, allowing it to return and bloom year after year from its underground rhizome.

Fähigkeit

Pollinator Beacon

The bright red 'V' on its white petals acts like a target, guiding insects directly to its reproductive parts for pollination.

Maße und Details

Höhe
20-50 cm
Ausbreitung
15-30 cm
Blütengröße
2-4 cm
Blütezeit
Late spring to early summer
Essbar
Nein
Giftigkeit
Leicht
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

common eastern bumblebee

Bombus impatiens

visits flowers for nectar

symbiotic with

ant

Aphaenogaster picea

disperses seeds for elaiosome

eats

white-tailed deer

Odocoileus virginianus

occasionally browses leaves

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Wavy Trillium

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

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

Häufig gestellte Fragen

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

20-50 cm

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

15-30 cm

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

2-4 cm

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

Late spring to early summer

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

Nein

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

Leicht

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

Mehrjährig

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

Insekten

Snap-Karte

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