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Trillium simile

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Jeweled wakerobin

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Genus: Trillium
Species:
T. simile
Binomial name
Trillium simile
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

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Trillium simile was described by Henry A. Gleason in 1906.[6]

Bibliography

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Trillium simile". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Trillium simile​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  3. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Gleason (1906), p. 391.
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