Western trillium

Occurs at low elevations; white three-petaled flowers that bloom from April through May; each seed as tiny, oil-rich appendage attractive to ants, which haul them back to their nests, eat the appendage or feed it to their larvae, and then discard the seed, thereby contributing to seed dispersal

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Description

Occurs at low elevations; white three-petaled flowers that bloom from April through May; each seed as tiny, oil-rich appendage attractive to ants, which haul them back to their nests, eat the appendage or feed it to their larvae, and then discard the seed, thereby contributing to seed dispersal

Scientific Name: Trillium ovatum