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Phool

Melanthiaceae: flowers of the family

6 flowers on Phool that belong to the family Melanthiaceae.

BeargrassXerophyllum tenax A tall, white-flowered plant woven into baskets by Native Americans Xerophyllum tenax · Wildflower

Trillium Woodland wildflowers with three-petalled blooms and whorled bracts 🇺🇸 United States and 4 more · Wildflower

ToadshadeTrillium sessile A woodland wildflower with stalkless, reddish-purple blooms 🇺🇸 United States · Wildflower

Pacific trilliumTrillium ovatum A three-petaled woodland wildflower of western North America 🇺🇸 United States · Wildflower

White trilliumTrillium grandiflorum A woodland perennial with three-petalled white flowers in spring 🇨🇦 Canada and 1 more · Wildflower

Red trilliumTrillium erectum A woodland wildflower with three broad leaves and a single spring bloom 🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Wildflower

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Beargrass: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Trillium: Ramin Nakisa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Toadshade: Kaldari, Public domain, source
Pacific trillium: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
White trillium: Paul Johnston, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Red trillium: The Cosmonaut, CC BY-SA 2.5 ca, source

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