OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Trillium flexipes   FAMILY Trilliaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium flexipes   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Trillium flexipes

SYNONYMOUS WITH Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007)

Trillium flexipes

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Trillium flexipes

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Trillium flexipes

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)

Trillium erectum var. declinatum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-006b?:

Trillium erectum var. vaseyi   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Trillium gleasoni

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Trillium declinatum

 

COMMON NAME:
Bent Trillium, Bent White Trillium, Bentstalk Trillium, Drooping Trillium


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image of Trillium flexipes, Bent Trillium, Bent White Trillium, Bentstalk Trillium, Drooping Trillium

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_trde6_001_lvd

        

image of Trillium flexipes, Bent Trillium, Bent White Trillium, Bentstalk Trillium, Drooping Trillium

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_trillium_flexipes_1

March        

Petals are white (rarely maroon), spreading, and broadly lance-shaped, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).


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image of Trillium flexipes, Bent Trillium, Bent White Trillium, Bentstalk Trillium, Drooping Trillium

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_trillium_flexipes_12

March        

Ovulary is white to light pink and strongly 6-angled, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Trillium flexipes, Bent Trillium, Bent White Trillium, Bentstalk Trillium, Drooping Trillium

Ed Pivorun    ebp090404_4888b

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

Filaments shorter than the creamy anthers; ovary with prominent stigmas, per Trilliums of Georgia (Patrick, 2007).

image of Trillium flexipes, Bent Trillium, Bent White Trillium, Bentstalk Trillium, Drooping Trillium

Ed Pivorun    ebp090404_4913

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

White-to-pink, protruding, flask-shaped ovary, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Trillium flexipes, Bent Trillium, Bent White Trillium, Bentstalk Trillium, Drooping Trillium

Ed Pivorun    ebp090404_4930

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

image of Trillium flexipes, Bent Trillium, Bent White Trillium, Bentstalk Trillium, Drooping Trillium

JK Marlow    jkm090405_006

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

Leaves are green, sessile and broadly rhombic, from 3-6" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Trillium flexipes, Bent Trillium, Bent White Trillium, Bentstalk Trillium, Drooping Trillium

JK Marlow    jkm090405_016

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

Flower on a 1.6-5" stalk that may extend above or bend under the leaves, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Trillium flexipes, Bent Trillium, Bent White Trillium, Bentstalk Trillium, Drooping Trillium

David Campbell    mdc_trillium_flexipes

April    Polk County    NC

Unlike T. grandiflorum, this corolla is not funnel-shaped, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Trillium flexipes, Bent Trillium, Bent White Trillium, Bentstalk Trillium, Drooping Trillium

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmtflexipes_cherokfm999

May    Knox County    TN

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Trillium flexipes   FAMILY Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium flexipes   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Trillium flexipes

SYNONYMOUS WITH Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007)
Trillium flexipes

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Trillium flexipes

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Trillium flexipes

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)
Trillium erectum var. declinatum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-03-006b?:
Trillium erectum var. vaseyi   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Trillium gleasoni

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Trillium declinatum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1548

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist coves over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
A single terminal whorl of 3 leaves
Leaves sessile

FLOWER:
Spring
White or maroon
Pedicel 4-12cm long
Flowers above or below the leaves
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Rosy red to purplish
Berry

 

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