Trillium flexipes

Trillium flexipes

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species:
T. flexipes
Binomial name
Trillium flexipes
Synonyms[2]
  • Trillium declinatum Gleason 1906, nom. illeg.
  • Trillium declinatum f. walpolei Friesner
  • Trillium flexipes f. walpolei (Farw.) Fernald
  • Trillium gleasonii Fernald

Trillium flexipes, known as the nodding wakerobin, bent trillium, or drooping trillium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae.[3][4][5] It is found from Minnesota to Ohio, south to Tennessee, with isolated (and sometimes rare) populations in New York, Pennsylvania, Alabama, and other states.[6] It is an endangered species in Ontario[7] and threatened in North Carolina.[8]

  1. ^ "Trillium flexipes". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Trillium flexipes". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Trillium flexipes​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. ^ Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium flexipes". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  5. ^ Stritch, Larry. "Nodding Wakerobin (Trillium flexipes)". United States Forest Service. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Trillium flexipes". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  7. ^ "Drooping trillium". Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  8. ^ "List of Rare Plant Species of North Carolina". North Carolina Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved 1 April 2024.