Trillium simile

Trillium simile, the jeweled wakerobin,^[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae. It is endemic to the southeastern United States. 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
Synonyms[2]
Homotypic synonyms Trillium erectum f. simile (Gleason) H.E.Ahles Trillium vaseyi var. simile (Gleason) Barksd.

Description

Trillium simile is a spring-flowering perennial plant.

Taxonomy

Trillium simile was described by Henry A. Gleason in 1906.^[4]

Distribution and habitat

Trillium simile is endemic to the southeastern United States. It occurs in the southern Appalachian Mountains in the U.S. states of Tennessee, Georgia, North, and South Carolina.^[5] It prefers moist humus-rich soils at the edges of Rhododendron thickets in mature forests. It is found at elevations of 500–700 meters (1,600–2,300 feet).^[6]

Bibliography

• Gleason, Henry Allan (July 1906). "The pedunculate species of Trillium". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 33 (7): 387–396. doi:10.2307/2478819. hdl:2027/hvd.32044106472392. JSTOR 2478819. Retrieved 8 December 2021.