drooping trillium |
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Trillium flexipes |
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| Taxonomy | Family: |
Melanthiaceae (trillium) |
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Parideae |
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| Nativity | Native |
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| Habitat | Wet to moderate moisture. Woods. |
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| Flowering | April to May |
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| Flower Color | Creamy white |
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| Identification | This is a There is no central stem. What appears to be the central stem is actually a slender, hairless scape. There are no above-ground leaves. There is a whorl of 3 leaf-like bracts at the top of the scape. The bracts are broad, diamond-shaped or egg-shaped to almost circular, The inflorescence is a solitary flower hanging on a stalk above or below the bracts. The flower stalk (pedicel) is The flowers are about The fruit is a rosy-red to purplish, fleshy, juicy berry. It is |
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| Similar Species |
Nodding trillium (Trillium cernuum) pedicel is shorter, |
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| Range | ![]() |
Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7. | |||||
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| Synonyms | Trillium declinatum Trillium erectum var. blandum Trillium erectum var. declinatum Trillium gleasonii |
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| Common Names |
bent trillium declined trillium drooping trillium nodding wakerobin nodding wake-robin |
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