Drooping Trillium
Trillium flexipes
- Flower: About 1 1/2" wide; 3 petals white (rarely pink),
recurved; 3 sepals, green; stamens 6, with pink anthers.
- Leaves: 2 1/2-4" long, in a whorl of 3, diamond-shaped,
barely stalked.
- Height: 6-24"
- Habitat: Moist, acidic woods and swamps.
The stalked flower of this trillium sometimes hangs face down
below the leaves, but sometimes not... it also is variable in
color, mostly white but sometimes purple. The distinguishing
characteristics are: ovaries white or only tinged with purple,
and the stamen filaments less than half the the length of the
anthers (compare to Purple Trillium).
Yet another confusing species, Nodding Trillium (trillium
cernuum) is restricted to a few areas of extreme NE Ohio.
It is distinguished by having a white or pink-tinged ovary and
filiments at least as long as anthers).
Other Trilliums:
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