Aletris lutea
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Aletris lutea just starting to open in Palm Beach County, Florida. | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Dioscoreales |
Family: | Nartheciaceae |
Genus: | Aletris |
Species: | A. lutea |
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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
- ↑ "Aletris aurea in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
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