Trillium flexipes

Trillium flexipes

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Liliales
Family:Melanthiaceae
Genus:Trillium
Species: T. flexipes
Binomial name
Trillium flexipes
Raf., 1840
Synonyms[2]
  • Trillium gleasonii Fernald
  • Trillium declinatum Gleason 1906, illegitimate homonym not Raf. 1840
  • Trillium declinatum f. walpolei Friesner

Trillium flexipes, the nodding wakerobin,[3] bent trillium, or drooping trillium, is a spring-flowering perennial that is most common in the midwestern United States. Scattered populations are found as far east as Philadelphia and as far south as Alabama, as well as in the Canadian Province of Ontario. However, it is an endangered plant species in Canada and is rare throughout its Canadian range[4] so that it is protected by law in Ontario.[5] This species is variable, and tends to hang its flower below the leaves in northern areas. Southern strains have a large erect flower. The red or purplish fruit is also showy.[6]

Flower on long peduncle.
Red Morph

References

  1. ↑ "Trillium flexipes". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved May 3, 2008.
  2. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ "Trillium flexipes". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Arianne Ransom-Hodges. "Drooping Trillium". Archived from the original on February 7, 2008. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
  5. ↑ http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca:81/ISYSquery/IRLCDBD.tmp/1/doc Retrieved June 1, 2009.
  6. ↑ Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium flexipes". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee. Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 26. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  • Case, Frederick W. and Case, Roberta B. (1997). Trilliums. ISBN 978-0-88192-374-2
  • Drooping Trillium, Ontario's Biodiversity


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.