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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aletris aurea
FAMILY
Nartheciaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Aletris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Flowering several weeks later than A. farinosa when growing together, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aletris aurea
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aletris aurea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Aletris aurea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-20-001:
Aletris aurea FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aletris aurea
COMMON NAME:
Golden Colicroot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_alau_003_lvd
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Will Stuart wil_9090849911_2c6dd7eafe
June Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Perianth short-cylindric or campanulate at anthesis, lobes not spreading, per Weakley's Flora.
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Will Stuart wil_9090851141_7067d68bfc
June Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Petals converge at the apex, the flower appearing rounded at the tip, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_aletris_aurea_4
July
Flowering several weeks later than A. farinosa when growing together, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_a_aurea_golden
August
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aletris aurea
FAMILY
Nartheciaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aletris aurea
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aletris aurea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Aletris aurea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-20-001:
Aletris aurea
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aletris aurea
3030
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, seepage bogs, pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Golden yellow
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals, connate basally
6 stamens
Ovary partly superior
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p196
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p262
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p346
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p368
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p274
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p340
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p193
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