Aletris obovata

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Aletris obovata
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Nartheciaceae
Genus: Aletris
Species:
A. obovata
Binomial name
Aletris obovata

Aletris obovata (southern colicroot or white colic-root) is a plant species native to the southeastern United States (Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia).[1][2][3][4]

Aletris obovata grows in moist areas, such as pine woodlands and savannahs. It is a perennial herb up to 100 cm tall, with a long spike of small, cylindrical flowers. Flowers are usually white or with brownish tips on the corolla lobes, the lobes bent inwards to give the flower an overall rounded, ovoid or obovoid (egg-shaped) shape with only a narrow opening at the tip. It is usually pollinated by butterflies.[5][6]

References[]

  1. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  2. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map Image
  3. ^ Sullivan, Victoria I. (1973-01-01). "Biosystematics of Aletris Lutea Small, Aletris obovata Nash, and Natural Hybrids (Liliaceae)". Brittonia. 25 (3): 294–303. doi:10.2307/2805590. JSTOR 2805590. S2CID 31776827.
  4. ^ Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. ^ "Aletris obovata in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  6. ^ Hill, Hawthorn (2010-09-09). "Native Florida Wildflowers: White Colic-root - Aletris obovata". Native Florida Wildflowers. Retrieved 2017-01-24.

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