Trillium simile

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.

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

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.

References

1. NatureServe (6 December 2024). "Trillium simile". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
2. "Trillium simileGleason". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 16 December 2024.
3. NRCS. "Trillium simile". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 December 2015.
4. Gleason (1906), p. 391.
5. "Trillium simile". State-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
6. 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. Retrieved 16 December 2024– via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

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.