Prairie Trillium
Scientific Name:Trillium recurvatum
Common Name Synonyms: Bloody Butcher


NOTES: Spring ephemeral. Seeds have fatty appendages (elaiosomes) which attract ants that disperse seeds. Deer resistant, its dark color perhaps providing camouflage to avoid being eaten.

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Prairie Trillium
Genus species: Trillium recurvatum
Common Names: Prairie Trillium
Bloody Butcher
Family Name: Melanthiaceae  
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Introduced Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Green/Brown
Identified by:M. Becus

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