Trillium flexipes

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Species Distribution Map
Family:MELANTHIACEAE
Species:Trillium flexipes Raf.
Common Name:Bent White Trillium; Bent Trillium; Nodding Wakerobin
Habitat:Rich deciduous hardwoods on slopes or along creeks and streams.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:TRFL6
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:The penduncle (flower stalk) of Trillium flexipes is usually erect but leaning and not aligned with the stem below. This is what Rafinesque is was indicating with the specific epithet "flexipes" which means "bent foot". The common name "bent trillium" also arises from this character.
Status:Native, FACU (NWI), S2S3 (State Rank), G5 (Global Rank)
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyMELANTHIACEAE - Bunchflower family
Genus Trillium
Species Trillium flexipes Raf. - Bent White Trillium; Bent Trillium; Nodding Wakerobin

Citation

Citation Trillium flexipes Rafinesque, Autik. Bot. 133. 1840.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: West Kentucky and Tennessee:

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Trillium erectum var. blandum    
Trillium declinatum    
Trillium erectum var. declinatum    
Trillium gleasonii    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Blount, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan, St. Clair, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1965 - 1998

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
UNA00026066 Madison 20 Apr 1979 Meigs, Russell A.
98		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
UWAL0031567 Morgan 15 Apr 2011 England, J. Kevin
2775		 UWAL
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
SAMF0008314 Etowah 27 Mar 2020 Spaulding, Daniel D.
16,829		 SAMF
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
AMAL00010414 Lawrence 17 Apr 2005 Keener, Brian R.
2615		 AMAL
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
UNA00026070 Lawrence 09 May 1987 Haynes, Robert R.
9103		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
UNA00048680 Morgan 05 May 1971 Kral, Robert
42573		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
UWAL0049707 Lauderdale 27 Apr 1985 Webb, David H.
5092		 UWAL
Trillium flexipes Raf.
AUA000000245 Morgan 5 May 1971 Kral, Robert
42573		 AUA
Trillium Flexipes Raf.
UNA00026061 Lawrence 26 Apr 1977 Haynes, Robert R.
6145		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
UNA00053724 Blount 22 Mar 1997 Keener, Brian R.
46		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
JSU112729 Jackson 1 May 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
635		 JSU
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
UNA00026065 Winston 08 Apr 1967 Bolin, B.
s.n.		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
UWAL0036435 Marshall 13 Aug 2017 England, J. Kevin
8413		 UWAL
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
AMAL00001219 Madison 24 Apr 1996 Threlkeld, Steven J.
213		 AMAL
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
UWAL0002455 Jackson 15 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3484		 UWAL
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
UNA00026058 Morgan 24 May 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
634		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
AUA000000244 Marshall 11 Apr 1969 Kral, Robert
34190		 AUA
Trillium Flexipes Raf.
TROY000050816 Morgan 15 Apr 2011 England, J. Kevin
2775		 TROY
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
JSU112724 Etowah 8 May 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
1394		 JSU
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
JSU112728 Jackson 1 May 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
608		 JSU
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
JSU112735 Madison 18 Apr 1970 Tudor, Jessica
s.n.		 JSU
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
AUA000027220 Jackson 17 Apr 2009 Barger, T. Wayne
HC-179		 AUA
Trillium Flexipes Raf.
UNA00064666 Lawrence 08 Apr 2004 Schotz, Alfred
1931		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
UWAL0053114 Morgan 09 Apr 2021 Thompson, Joey
1306		 UWAL
Trillium flexipes Raf.
SAMF0000561 Morgan 31 Mar 1998 Lee, Karen
47		 SAMF
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
UNA00067017 Jackson 15 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3484		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
UWAL0009816 Blount 14 Apr 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7113		 UWAL
Trillium flexipes Raf.
JSU112730 Jackson 1 May 1998 Brodeur, Kristin R.
608		 JSU
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
JSU112736 Madison 18 Apr 1970 Tudor, Jessica
s.n.		 JSU
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
UWAL0002456 Lawrence 18 Apr 2009 England, J. Kevin
1991		 UWAL
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
UNA00026063 Marshall 13 Apr 1969 Simmers, Richard W.
1410		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
UWAL0002457 St. Clair 12 Apr 2009 Keener, Brian R.
5163		 UWAL
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
UNA00026057 Marshall 21 May 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
605		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
AUA000000239 DeKalb 11 Apr 1969 Kral, Robert
34170		 AUA
Trillium Flexipes Raf.
UNA00058668 Lawrence 17 Apr 2005 Keener, Brian R.
2615		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
UWAL0047988 Cullman 24 Mar 2020 England, J. Kevin
10797		 UWAL
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
JSU112731 Jackson 30 Apr 1981 Whetstone, R. David
10594		 JSU
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
AUA000000240 DeKalb 14 Apr 1991 Liverett, Steve
158		 AUA
Trillium Flexipes Raf.
UWAL0054145 Etowah 27 Mar 2020 Spaulding, Daniel D.
16829		 UWAL
Trillium flexipes Raf.
JSU112738 Winston 16 Apr 1978 Kral, Robert
61519		 JSU
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
UNA00028734 Lauderdale 09 Apr 1988 Haynes, Robert R.
9324		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
UWAL0034741 Limestone 19 May 1995 Kral, Robert
84710		 UWAL
Trillium flexipes Raf.
TROY000025898 Jackson 15 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3484		 TROY
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
AUA000000242 Jackson 28 Apr 1972 Kral, Robert
45787		 AUA
Trillium Flexipes Raf.
UWAL0039442 Lauderdale 05 Apr 2018 Webb, David H.
8536		 UWAL
Trillium flexipes Raf.
JSU112727 Etowah 20 Apr 1985 Robertson, Lisa
87		 JSU
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
JSU112737 Morgan 13 Apr 1997 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9748		 JSU
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
UNA00026064 Winston 08 Apr 1967 Smith, Jerry
58		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
JSU112732 Lawrence 10 Apr 1978 Kral, Robert
61437		 JSU
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
UNA00026062 Lawrence 09 Apr 1978 Haynes, Robert R.
6443		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
UWAL0005447 Madison 07 Apr 1976 Whetstone, R. David
8277		 UWAL
Trillium flexipes Raf.
TROY000036581 Blount 14 Apr 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7113		 TROY
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
AUA000000241 Etowah 13 Apr 1969 Kral, Robert
34302		 AUA
Trillium Flexipes Raf.
AMAL00001220 Etowah 8 Apr 1995 Spaulding, Daniel D.
7876		 AMAL
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
JSU112733 Limestone 1 Apr 1997 Hofmann, Tim L.
355		 JSU
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
AMAL00014934 Winston 7 Apr 2004 Schotz, Alfred
1928		 AMAL
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
ALNHS00002107 Lawrence 01 May 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1118		 ALNHS
Trillium flexipes Raf.
UWAL0049706 Morgan 28 Apr 1985 Webb, David H.
5099		 UWAL
Trillium flexipes Raf.
AMAL00001216 Blount 22 Mar 1997 Keener, Brian R.
46		 AMAL
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
TROY000025897 Etowah 29 Mar 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2494		 TROY
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
UNA00026072 DeKalb 16 Apr 1965 Rubenstein, Norton
42		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
JSU112726 Etowah 12 Apr 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
1097		 JSU
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
AUA000000243 Madison 7 Apr 1976 Whetstone, R.David
8277		 AUA
Trillium Flexipes Raf.
UNA00058750 Etowah 29 Mar 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2494		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
UNA00026060 DeKalb 16 Apr 1965 Zoellner, David
37		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
AMAL00008718 Jackson 9 Apr 2000 Schotz, Alfred
1766		 AMAL
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
TROY000025899 Lawrence 17 Apr 2005 Keener, Brian R.
2615		 TROY
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
JSU112734 Madison 24 Apr 1996 Threlkeld, Steven J.
200		 JSU
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
AMAL00001217 Etowah 29 Mar 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2494		 AMAL
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
UNA00064659 Winston 07 Apr 2004 Schotz, Alfred
1928		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
JSU112725 Etowah 26 Apr 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
1227		 JSU
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
UWAL0019844 Morgan 29 May 1970 Kral, Robert
39351		 UWAL
Trillium flexipes Raf.
UNA00045900 St. Clair 12 Apr 1998 Keener, Brian R.
600		 UNA
Trillium flexipes Raf.
AMAL00018454 Lauderdale 7 Apr 2010 Holt, Brian D.
280		 AMAL
Trillium flexipes Rafinesque
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