Trillium flexipes

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i'Bent Trillium'

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Liliales
Family: Trilliaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species: T. flexipes
Binomial name
Trillium flexipes
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Trillium flexipes, the Bent Trillium or White Trillium, is a spring-flowering perennial which is most common in the midwestern United States. Scattered populations are found as far east as Philadelphia and as far south as Alabama. This species is variable, and tends to hang its flower below the leaves in northern areas. Southern strains have a large erect flower. The red or purplish fruit is also showy.

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Species of Trillium

Trillium albidum | Trillium angustipetalum | Trillium catesbaei (Bashful Wake Robin | Trillium cernuum | Trillium chloropetalum (Giant Wake Robin) | Trillium cuneatum (Little sweet Betsy) | Trillium decipiens | Trillium decumbens | Trillium discolor (Faded Trillium ) | Trillium erectum (Wake Robin) | Trillium flexipes (Bent Trillium) | Trillium foetidissimum | Trillium govanianum (Himalayan Trillium) | Trillium gracile | Trillium grandiflorum (Large-flowered Trillium) | Trillium kamtschaticum | Trillium kurabayashii | Trillium lancifolium | Trillium ludovicianum | Trillium luteum (Yellow Wake Robin | Trillium maculatum | Trillium nivale (Klamath Trillium) | Trillium ovatum (Western Wake Robin) | Trillium parviflorum | Trillium persistens (Persistent Trillium) | Trillium petiolatum (Roundleaf Trillium) | Trillium pusillum | Trillium recurvatum | Trillium reliquum | Trillium rivale | Trillium rugelii (Southern Nodding Trillium) | Trillium sessile | Trillium simile (Jeweled Wake Robin) | Trillium smallii | Trillium stamineum | Trillium sulcatum | Trillium texanum | Trillium tschonoskii | Trillium underwoodii | Trillium undulatum (Painted Trillium) | Trillium vaseyi | Trillium viride | Trillium viridescens (Ozark Trillium) |

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