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Western Trillium - Trillium ovatum, Lily Family (Liliaceae). Perrennial, bulbous rhizome, plant 6-18″ tall, 3 whorled leaves, 3 white petals which turn to pink and then to rose-red with age.  Blooms in early spring in the Cascade Mts to the Coast and in the Blue Mts. in N.E. Or.  Picking trilliums removes all the leaves and this may kill the plant.  This is the “Easter Lily” of my youth and it will always be one of my favorites.  Photo:  Rainier, Or. 3/21/2005

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