Sessile Trillium
Scientific Name:Trillium sessile


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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Sessile Trillium
Genus species: Trillium sessile
Common Name: Sessile Trillium
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
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Green/Brown
CNC Habitat: Polinator Garden
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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