Trillium simile
| Jeweled wakerobin | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Melanthiaceae |
| Genus: | Trillium |
| Species: | T. simile
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| Binomial name | |
| Trillium simile | |
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| U.S. distribution of Trillium simile | |
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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.
Description
[edit | edit source]Trillium simile is a spring-flowering perennial plant.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Trillium simile was described by Henry A. Gleason in 1906.[4]
Distribution and habitat
[edit | edit source]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]
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References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Citizen science observations for Trillium simile at iNaturalist
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