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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aletris aurea FAMILY Nartheciaceae Go to FSUS key

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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image of Aletris aurea, Golden Colicroot

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_alau_003_lvd

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.

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).

Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_aletris_aurea_4

July

Flowering several weeks later than A. farinosa when growing together, per Weakley's Flora.

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
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals, connate basally
6 stamens
Ovary partly superior

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

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