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Ohio Symbols

Ohio State Wild Flower

Large White Trillium

(Trillium grandiflorum)

Adopted on March 5, 1987.

The red carnation, Trillium grandiflorum, was adopted as Ohio's state flower on March 5, 1987,in memory of President William McKinley, who always wore a red carnation in his lapel.

Ohio Revised Code declaring the carnation our state flower: 5.02 Floral emblem of state The scarlet carnation is hereby adopted as the state flower as a token of love and reverence for the memory of William McKinley. (1953 H 1, eff. 10-1-53; GC 29) 5.021 State wild flower The plant Trillium grandiflorum, commonly known as the large white trillium, found in every Ohio county, is hereby adopted as the state wild flower. (1986 H 763, eff. 3-5-87)

Description

Native erect perennial forb, the showy trillium has large white, three-petaled, blooms on stems above the leaves. The petals are wavy along the edges, turning pink flushed as they age. Height is twelve to eighteen inches when mature. T. grandiflorum is probably the most well-known trillium.

Common Name: Showy Trillium, Grand Trillium, Large Flowered Trillium, Wood Lily, Great Flowered Trillium.

Flower: The stalked flower is held above a rosette of three medium green leaves on a hefty stem. This species is always white at first, though it tends to turn a pinkish tint just before the flower dies each year. T. grandiflorum blooms in March or April.

Leaves: The leaves are whorled. The three whorled leaves are entire.

Seeds: The seeds bear fleshy structures, known as "arils," that encourage insects to transport them to new locations.

Habitat: Rich woods that have never been cleared

Hardiness. Zones 4 to 7 Native to eastern North America and completely winter hardy, pedicellate trilliums are among the most desirable subjects for the woodland garden.

Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom	Plantae -- Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta -- Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae –
Order	Liliales –
Family	Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus	Trillium L. – trillium
Species	Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb. – snow trillium

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symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.