Nodding Trillium is a spring wildflower of moist northern forests whose white flowers nod beneath the leaves on a bent stalk, making them less visible but more accessible to crawling insect pollinators. It grows in cool, moist, shaded forests across northern North America from the Atlantic to the Rockies. Ants disperse the seeds via elaiosomes.
Best time to see a Nodding Trillium
The best time to see a Nodding Trillium is April–May, when about 64% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 4,765 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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