Trillium flexipes

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

Trillium flexipes

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