Trillium simile
| Jeweled wakerobin | |
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Scientific classification 
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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 | |
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
[edit]Trillium simile was described by Henry A. Gleason in 1906.[6]
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.
References
[edit]- ^ "Trillium simile". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ NRCS. "Trillium simile". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gleason (1906), p. 391.
External links
[edit]- Citizen science observations for Trillium simile at iNaturalist
- Pistrang, Mark. "Sweet white trillium (Trillium simile)". United States Forest Service. Retrieved 22 September 2021.