Editing Trillium (section)

==Culture==

[[File:Ottawacourthouse.jpg|thumb|Ontario trillium emblem on an Ottawa courthouse sign.]]The white trillium (''[[Trillium grandiflorum]]'') serves as the [[List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols|official flower and emblem]] of the [[Canadian province]] of [[Ontario]]. It is an official symbol of the [[Government of Ontario]].  The large white trillium is the official wildflower of Ohio.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/wildflowers/oh_large_white_trillium.htm| title = Adoption of the Ohio State Wildflower}}</ref> In light of their shared connection to the flower, the [[Major League Soccer]] teams in [[Toronto FC|Toronto]] and [[Columbus Crew SC|Columbus]] compete with each other for the [[Trillium Cup]].

[[Citizen science|Citizen scientists]] regularly report observations of ''Trillium'' species from around the world. ''T.&nbsp;grandiflorum'', [[Trillium erectum|''T.&nbsp;erectum'']], and [[Trillium ovatum|''T.&nbsp;ovatum'']] (in that order) are the most often observed ''Trillium'' species.<ref>{{cite web |title=Citizen science observations of ''Trillium'' species |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&taxon_id=49465&view=species |publisher=[[iNaturalist]] |access-date=1 September 2019}}</ref>

''Trillium'' is the [[literary magazine]] of [[Ramapo College|Ramapo College of New Jersey]], which features poetry, fiction, photography, and other visual arts created by Ramapo students.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.ramapo.edu/trillium/ |title = Trillium |publisher = Ramapo College of New Jersey}}</ref>

In the 1990s, the activist Michael Page established the use of the trillium as a symbol of [[bisexuality]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Eidson |first1=Jessica |title=Plants That Can Symbolize LGBTQIA+ Pride |url=https://discoverandshare.org/2024/06/25/lgbtqiaplants/#:~:text=The%20trillium%20flower%20has%20symbolized,bisexual%20pride%20flag%20in%202001. |website=DISCOVER + SHARE |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden}}</ref> and in 2001, Francisco Javier Lagunes Gaitán and Miguel Angel Corona designed a [[Mexico | Mexican]] variant of the [[bisexual pride flag]], which is emblazoned with an emblem of a trillium.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mexico - Sexual orientation flags |url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/mx_sex.html |website=FOTW 'Flags Of The World' Web Site |access-date=August 14, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bisexual Botany |url=https://www.lpzoo.org/bisexual-botany/#:~:text=Around%202001%2C%20the%20Mexican%20bisexual,Michigan%20lilies%20at%20Nature%20Boardwalk. |website=Lincoln Park Zoo |publisher=Lincoln Park Zoo |access-date=August 14, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Eyvanaki |first1=Ashley |title=Queer Objects: William Keble Martin Lily Illustration |url=https://outandabout.exeter.ac.uk/2020/10/29/queer-objects-william-keble-martin-lily-illustration/ |website=out and about |publisher=University of Exeter |access-date=August 14, 2024}}</ref>