Flora
of East-Central Indiana
| Nodding Trillium |
| Scientific Name | Trillium flexipes Raf. |
| Family Name | Liliaceae (Lily Family) |
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Characteristics |
| Habitat: | moist, wet woods often in calcareous soils |
| Plant Height: | 20-40 cm, short, stout rhizome |
| Flower Color: | white |
| Flower: | perfect; complete; nodding; 4 cm wide; 3 sepals opposite of 3 recurved petals; 6 stamens; ovary superior with 3 locules, 6-angled |
| Inflorescence: | solitary, terminal flower on curved stalk |
| Fruit: | many-seeded berry |
| Leaves: | entire; simple; whorled; diamond-shaped; slightly stalked |
| Bloom Time: | April-June |
| Origins: | native |
| Other: | sepals nearly as long as petals; notice the color of the anthers; similar speciesT. cernuum has pink rather than white anthers |
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| general habit | close up of flower | aging flower | form |
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