Trillium simile

Trillium simile, the jeweled wakerobin, 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 |Henry A. Gleason] in 1906.

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. It prefers moist humus-rich soils at the edges of Rhododendron thickets in mature forests. It is found at elevations of.