Jeweled Wakerobin - Trillium simile

''Trillium simile'', the jeweled wakerobin, is a spring-flowering perennial plant which is native to southern parts of the Appalachian Mountains in southeastern United States . 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 .