Trillium simile, the jeweled wakerobin,[2] is a spring-flowering perennial plant which is native to southern parts of the Appalachian Mountains in southeastern United States (Tennessee, Georgia, North and South Carolina).[3][4] It is also known as sweet white wake-robin, sweet white trillium and confusing trillium.

Trillium simile prefers to grow in moist humus-rich soils in mature forests at the edges of Rhododendron thickets and at edges of the forest. It is found at elevations of 500 – 700 meters (1,640 - 2,300 feet).[5]

Taxonomy

Trillium simile was described by Henry A. Gleason in 1906.[6]

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References

  1. ^ "Trillium simile". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trillium simile". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. ^ Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002). "Trillium simile". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  6. ^ Gleason (1906), p. 391.

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