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Aletris lutea

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Species of flowering plant

Aletris lutea
Aletris lutea just starting to open in Palm Beach County, Florida.
Conservation status

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Nartheciaceae
Genus: Aletris
Species: A. lutea
Binomial name
Aletris lutea
Walter
Synonyms
  • Aletris lutea f. albiflora E.T.Browne

Aletris lutea (Yellow colic-root) is a plant species native to the southeastern United States from Louisiana to Georgia.

Aletris lutea grows in wet areas, especially seasonally flooded pine forests near the coast. It is a perennial herb up to 100 cm tall, with a long spike of small, cylindrical flowers. Flowers are usually yellow but sometimes white.

References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer - Aletris lutea". NatureServe Explorer Aletris lutea. NatureServe. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 22 Jun 2022.
  2. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Monocotyledons 1–712. The University of Georgia Press, Athens
  5. Small, John Kunkel 1899. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden 1(4): 278–279 in English
  6. "Aletris aurea in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
Taxon identifiers
Aletris lutea


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