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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (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)
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
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_trillium_flexipes_1
March
Petals are white (rarely maroon), spreading, and broadly lance-shaped, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
COMPARE
flowers of white-flowering Trilliums
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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.
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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. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
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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.
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Ed Pivorun ebp090404_4930
April Walker County GA
The Pocket on Pigeon Mountain
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmtflexipes_cherokfm999
May Knox County TN