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{{SPlantbox
|familia=Trilliaceae
|familia=Trilliaceae
|genus=Trillium
|genus=Trillium
|species=flexipes
|species=flexipes
|taxo_author=Raf.
|common_name=Bent trillium
|common_name=Bent trillium
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max wd metric=in
|Max wd metric=in
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|exposure=part-sun, shade
|exposure=part-sun, shade
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=9
|max_zone=9
|image=Upload.png
|image=Trillium flexipes.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
|image_caption=Bent Trillium or Drooping Trillium
}}
}}
'''''Trillium flexipes''''', the '''Bent Trillium''' or '''Drooping Trillium''', is a spring-flowering perennial which is most common in the [[midwestern United States]]. Scattered populations are found as far east as [[Philadelphia]] and as far south as [[Alabama]]. This species is variable, and tends to hang its flower below the leaves in northern areas. Southern strains have a large erect flower. The red or purplish fruit is also showy.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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Image:T.flexipesflower.jpg|Flower on long peduncle.
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