Characteristics
Angiosperms (Monocots)
Trillium flexipes Raf.
Bent White Trillium; Bent Trillium; Nodding Wakerobin
Herb
Perennial
Vascular
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The penduncle (flower stalk) of Trillium flexipes is usually erect but leaning and not aligned with the stem below. This is what Rafinesque is was indicating with the specific epithet "flexipes" which means "bent foot". The common name "bent trillium" also arises from this character.
Native
FACU (NWPL)
S2S3 (State Rank)
G5 (Global Rank)
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Classification
Liliales
Trillium flexipes Raf. - Bent White Trillium; Bent Trillium; Nodding Wakerobin
Citation
<a href=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5875624>Trillium flexipes Rafinesque, Autik. Bot. 133. 1840.</a>
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USA: West Kentucky and Tennessee:
Species Distribution Map
Specimens and Distribution
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Plant Photos
Trillium flexipes -- Brian Keener
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Trillium flexipes - Brian D. Holt, ALNHS Herbarium
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