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toadshade

Trillium sessile

Toadshade is a beautiful flower that grows in shady forests. It has three big leaves and a lovely flower that can be white or purple. This flower is special because it blooms in spring when many other flowers are still sleeping!

生息地: Forests

外見

The toadshade has three mottled green leaves arranged in a distinctive whorl, creating a star-like pattern close to the ground. Its single, upright flower is often dark maroon to reddish-brown and sits directly atop the leaves without a stem, making it visually unique.

PlantaeTracheophytaLiliopsidaLilialesMelanthiaceaeTrillium
toadshade
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toadshade

カテゴリ

植物

レア度

Common

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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おもしろい事実

Ants help plant its seeds! They carry them away to eat a tiny treat, then drop the seed.

Its flower grows right on its leaves, not on a separate stem, which is quite rare for a plant!

Some people call it the "wake-robin" because it often blooms when robins return in spring.

The name "Trillium" means "three," referring to its three leaves, petals, and sepals.

特殊能力

能力

Scent Signal

Toadshade emits a faint, musky scent that helps it attract specific insect pollinators like flies and beetles for reproduction.

能力

Ant Ally

Toadshade seeds have a fatty attachment called an elaiosome, which ants collect to disperse seeds to new locations.

能力

Spring Riser

Toadshade can quickly grow and bloom in early spring, completing its cycle before the forest canopy fully shades the understory.

サイズと詳細

高さ
15-40 cm
広がり
15-30 cm
花の大きさ
2.5-5 cm
開花時期
食用
はい
毒性
軽度
ライフサイクル
多年生
受粉方法
昆虫

生態系とのつながり

eaten by

White-tailed deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Deer often browse its leaves and flowers

pollinates

Lesser house fly

Fannia canicularis

Attracted by flower's musky scent

depends on

Silky field ant

Formica subsericea

Disperses seeds by carrying them to nests

特徴

別名

Sessile Trillium

コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

Always look but don't touch flowers in the wild to keep them safe.

よくある質問

toadshadeの高さは何ですか?

15-40 cm

toadshadeの広がりは何ですか?

15-30 cm

toadshadeの花の大きさは何ですか?

2.5-5 cm

toadshadeの開花時期は何ですか?

toadshadeの食用は何ですか?

はい

toadshadeの毒性は何ですか?

軽度

toadshadeのライフサイクルは何ですか?

多年生

toadshadeの受粉方法は何ですか?

昆虫

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