Ontario Trillium

In my part of Ontario, the annual appearance of Trillium heralds the arrival of Spring. 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. 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, experience has shown that attempts to transplant trillium rarely succeed. I took only this photograph and left only a small footprint.