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Trilliaceae
Trillium

not marked as a favorite taxon Trillium flexipes Rafinesque. Common name: Bent White Trillium. Phenology: Apr. Habitat: Moist coves over mafic or calcareous rocks. Distribution: E. PA, s. ON and s. MN south to w. NC, nw. GA, n. AL, ne. MS (Tishomingo County), mostly west of the Blue Ridge, but scattered in the Blue Ridge of NC, and disjunct east of the Blue Ridge in DE, PA, and MD.

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Subgenus: Trillium.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Other Comments: Petals white or maroon.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, FNA26, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, Tn, Va, W, Case & Case (1997), Floden & Knapp (2023), Patrick (1986), Patrick (2007); = Trillium declinatum (A.Gray) Gleason — S, misapplied; = Trillium erectum L. var. declinatum A.Gray — WV; = Trillium gleasoni Fernald — G, Tat; < Trillium erectum L. var. vaseyi (Harb.) H.E.Ahles — RAB. Basionym: Trillium flexipes Raf. 1840

Links to other floras: = Trillium flexipes - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
  • Great Plains: FACU
  • Midwest: FACU
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FAC

Heliophily ⓘ: 1

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image #1 of Trillium flexipes© Alan Cressler: Trillium flexipes, The Pocket, Crockford-Pigeon Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Walker County, Georgia 4 by Alan Cressler source
image #2 of Trillium flexipes© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Trillium flexipes© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
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image #9 of Trillium flexipes© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Trillium flexipes© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Trillium flexipes© Alan Cressler: Trillium flexipes, The Pocket, Crockford-Pigeon Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Walker County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source
image #12 of Trillium flexipes© Alan Cressler: Trillium flexipes, The Pocket, Crockford-Pigeon Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Walker County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler source

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