Ontario's ( Canada ) Provincial Flower . by lucindawind

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on May 08, 2008

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thank you everyone for commenting on my lamb .. my hand is very sore & swollen but getting better with Penicillin.. Trillium A white trillium serves as the emblem and official flower of the Canadian province of Ontario In the east of North America, the most common is Trillium grandiflorum (Large-flowered Trillium). This plant has a large, often white, three-petaled flower above three broad bracts that look like leaves. The name was given by Linnaeus. Trillium grandiflorum is often the first wildflower noticed by casual walkers; other spring wildflowers are much less apparent. In western North America, a typical species is Trillium ovatum (Western Trillium) also with white flowers, that slowly turn into a shade of purple in the middle of spring. Picking the flowers of Trillium can seriously injure the plant. The three leaves below the flower are the plants only food source and a picked trillium may die or take many years to recover For this reason in many areas, e.g. British Columbia, Michigan, New York, Oregon, and Washington, it is illegal to pick trilliums. It is also protected and requires written permission to transplant or move in the state of Wisconsin. While a popular belief is held that it is illegal to pick the common Trillium grandiflorum (white trillium) in Ontario, no such law actually exists. However, the Trillium flexipes (drooping trillium) is protected by law in Ontario where it maintains its very small Canadian population