Trillium flexipes
| Bent Trillium or Drooping Trillium | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Melanthiaceae |
| Genus: | Trillium |
| Species: | T. flexipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Trillium flexipes Raf., 1840 | |
Trillium flexipes, the Bent Trillium or Drooping 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. However, it is an endangered plant species in Canada and is rare throughout its Canadian range[2] so that it is protected by law in Ontario.[3] 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.
Flower on long peduncle.
References
- ↑ "Trillium flexipes". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved May 3, 2008.
- ↑ Arianne Ransom-Hodges. "Drooping Trillium". Archived from the original on October 25, 2007. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
- ↑ http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca:81/ISYSquery/IRLCDBD.tmp/1/doc Retrieved June 1, 2009.
- Case, Frederick W. and Case, Roberta B. (1997) Trilliums. ISBN 978-0-88192-374-2
- Drooping Trillium, Ontario's Biodiversity
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