| Aletris bracteata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Nartheciaceae |
| Genus: | Aletris |
| Species: | A. bracteata |
| Binomial name | |
| Aletris bracteata Northr. | |
Aletris bracteata (bracted colicroot) is a plant species native to southern Florida (Monroe and Miami-Dade Counties) and to the Bahamas (Andros and Abaco Islands). It grows in the Everglades and other wet areas very close to sea level. Some hybridization between this species and the yellow-flowered A. lutea has been noted.
Aletris bracteata is a perennial herb up to 60 cm tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Flowers are white, about 7 mm long.
References
- "Aletris bracteata - Species Page - ISB: Atlas of Florida Plants". florida.plantatlas.usf.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
- ^ Flora of North America v 26 p 65, Aletris bracteata
- BONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis map, Aletris bracteata
- Wilsdon, Wendy K., & Jennifer H. Richards. 2009. Variation in southern Florida and Bahamanian Aletris (Nartheciaceae): morphology, phenology and putative hybridization. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 136:192-202.
- Northrop, Alice Bell. 1902. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 12(1): 27–28, pl. 1.
- Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Aletris bracteata |
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