Trillium flexipes -- Drooping Trillium
Drooping Trillium is found statewide in Indiana. The similar-appearing Trillium cernuum is a more northern plant only known in Indiana from two northwestern counties. The two species may be separated by observing the length of the anthers compared to the length of their supporting filaments. In Trillium flexipes, the anthers are much longer than the filaments. In Trillium cernuum, both are of approximate equal length. As you can see in these photos, the anthers are very long and the filaments are not visible (or barely so on one of them).
The plants of this species that I have in my woods and in my landscaping were rescued from a woods about one half mile from my house that was being destroyed by development for an office complex.
Trillium flexipes -- Drooping Trillium
Drooping Trillium is found statewide in Indiana. The similar-appearing Trillium cernuum is a more northern plant only known in Indiana from two northwestern counties. The two species may be separated by observing the length of the anthers compared to the length of their supporting filaments. In Trillium flexipes, the anthers are much longer than the filaments. In Trillium cernuum, both are of approximate equal length. As you can see in these photos, the anthers are very long and the filaments are not visible (or barely so on one of them).
The plants of this species that I have in my woods and in my landscaping were rescued from a woods about one half mile from my house that was being destroyed by development for an office complex.