Aletris lutea
| Aletris lutea | |
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| Aletris lutea just starting to open in Palm Beach County, Florida. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Nartheciaceae |
| Genus: | Aletris |
| Species: | A. lutea |
| Binomial name | |
| Aletris lutea Walter | |
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Aletris lutea, Yellow colic-root is a plant species native to the southeastern United States from Louisiana to Georgia.[1][2][3][4]
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.[5]
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Monocotyledons 1–712. The University of Georgia Press, Athens
- ↑ Small, John Kunkel 1899. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden 1(4): 278–279 in English
- ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 66 Aletris aurea Walter
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