Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Dioscoreales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aletris lutea
FAMILY
Nartheciaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Aletris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aletris lutea
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aletris lutea
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Colicroot
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Alan Cressler alc_4543141883_d323c94ccb
April Liberty County FL
Apalachicola National Forest
Scapes up to 3' tall with flowers arranged along the uppermost portion, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Alan Cressler alc_4543775012_3b33f82d10
April Liberty County FL
Apalachicola National Forest
Perianth long-cylindric at anthesis, lobes spreading somewhat, per Weakley's Flora.
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Alan Cressler alc_4642921715_79396c23d6
May Liberty County FL
Fort Stewart
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aletris lutea
FAMILY
Nartheciaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aletris lutea
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aletris lutea
3031
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Common (rare north of GA)
Look for it in wet pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Spring
Golden yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals, connate basally
6 stamens
Ovary partly superior
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!