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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium flexipes   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

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

        

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).

 COMPARE flowers of white-flowering Trilliums

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).

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).

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).

Ed Pivorun    ebp090404_4930

April    Walker County    GA

The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain

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).

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).

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).

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmtflexipes_cherokfm999

May    Knox County    TN

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Trillium flexipes   FAMILY Trilliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Trillium flexipes   FAMILY Liliaceae

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