Bent Trillium
Scientific Name:Trillium flexipes


NOTES: Spring ephemeral. Seeds have fatty appendages (elaiosomes) which attract ants that disperse seeds. NOT deer resistant.

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Bent Trillium
Genus species: Trillium flexipes
Common Name: Bent Trillium
Family Name: Melanthiaceae  
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:White
Pink/Red
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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