Called “bunchflower family” in GBIF
Melanthiaceae, also called the bunchflower family, is a family of flowering herbaceous perennial plants native to the Northern Hemisphere. Along with many other lilioid monocots, early authors considered members of this family to belong to the family Liliaceae, in part because both their sepals and petals closely resemble each other and are often large and showy like those of lilies, while some more recent taxonomists have placed them in a family Trilliaceae. The most authoritative modern treatment, however, the APG III system of 2009, places the family in the order Liliales, in the clade monocots. Circumscribed in this way, the family includes up to 17 genera.
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Trillium grandiflorum
6 articles
Trillium erectum
5 articles
Trillium ovatum
2 articles
Xerophyllum tenax
1 article
Amianthium muscitoxicum
1 article
Veratrum viride
1 article
Trillium cuneatum
1 article
Trillium cernuum
1 article
Also here, with one plant each: Amianthium (Fly Poison), Paris (Paris polyphylla), Veratrum (Green False Hellebore), Xerophyllum (common beargrass).
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Nodding trilliums bloom for only a few weeks each spring in rich, shaded hardwood forests — spott...
Red trillium blooming in your local woods is one of spring's most reliable phenological clocks — ...
Large white trillium blooms for only a few fleeting weeks each spring in eastern woodlands — and ...
Every article on Plant News that mentions a member of this family, newest first.
Beetles pollinating Fly Poison, a woodland wildflower, prefer plants with more and sweeter nectar, so those plants set more seed. Beetles mostly treat each plant as an individual, though the payoff of making lots of nectar shifts a bit depending on how generous the neighboring plants are.
Growers cultivating Paris polyphylla for traditional medicine can now target specific beneficial soil bacteria as inoculants...
Beargrass blooms are a classic sign of healthy Pacific Northwest forests — spotting one and logging it on iNaturalist helps...
Nodding trilliums bloom for only a few weeks each spring in rich, shaded hardwood forests — spotting one tells you the...
Red trillium blooming in your local woods is one of spring's most reliable phenological clocks — if you're timing a wildflower...
Large white trillium blooms for only a few fleeting weeks each spring in eastern woodlands — and if you spot one, it likely...
Red trillium emerging in the boreal-transition forests of northern Ontario signals the brief window each spring when these...
Large white trillium is Ontario's provincial flower and a reliable signal of old-growth forest health — spotting it in Leeds...
Red trillium blooming in your local forest is one of spring's most precise ecological clocks — if you note when it opens each...
If you walk any eastern hardwood forest this week, you're in the middle of peak trillium season — and every photo you submit...
Large white trillium takes over a decade to bloom from seed, so spotting one in a local nature center signals that the...
Red trillium blooming in your local woodland right now is one of the clearest signals that spring has fully arrived — and...
The trilliums blooming right now in forests near you are an early-warning signal for spring timing shifts — if you start...
Spotting trilliums in your local woods is a sign of old-growth forest health — these flowers take 7-10 years to first bloom...
Red trillium blooms in the same shady forest understory patches where you might hike or hunt morel mushrooms in spring —...
Green false hellebore is highly toxic to humans and livestock, so knowing it grows in North Lawrence means hikers, pet owners,...
Tracking how many people are seeing Pacific trillium in bloom each year helps scientists detect whether spring is arriving...
Community observations like this one help scientists track where native wildflowers are thriving or disappearing, which can...
Tracking where native wildflowers like Little Sweet Betsy still grow helps conservationists and gardeners know which local...