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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.

Jeweled wakerobin
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Melanthiaceae
Genus:	Trillium
Species:	T. simile
Binomial name
Trillium simile Gleason
U.S. distribution of Trillium simile

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]

Bibliography

• Gleason, Henry Allan (July 1906). "The pedunculate species of Trillium". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 33 (7): 387–396. Retrieved 8 December 2021.

References

External links

• Citizen science observations for Trillium simile at iNaturalist
• Pistrang, Mark. "Sweet white trillium (Trillium simile)". United States Forest Service. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

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