Trillium -Trilliaceae - Melanthiaceae.

Trillium is a genus of about 40-50 species of perennial herbaceous flowering plants,
native to temperate regions of North America and Asia.
They used to be treated in the family Trilliaceae or Trillium family, a part of the Liliales or Lily order. Common names include trillium, wakerobin, and birthroot.
The above ground parts of Trilliums are scapes with three large, leafy bracts with the true leaves underground as a papery covering around the rhizomes.

Picking the flowers of Trillium can seriously injure the plant. The three leaves below the flower are the plant's 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.[citation needed] 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.
Trillium is one of many plants whose seeds are spread by ants and mice.
Trillium seeds have a fleshy organ called an elaiosome that attracts ants. The ants take the seeds to their nest, where they eat the elaiosomes and put the seeds in their garbage, where they can be protected until they germinate. They also get the added bonus of growing in a medium made richer by the ant garbage.
Some trilliums have a flower which is bent downward, below the leaves.

A white trillium serves as the emblem and official flower of the Canadian Province of Ontario. It features prominently on the Franco-Ontarian flag.