Aletris lutea

Aletris lutea
Aletris lutea just starting to open in Palm Beach County, Florida.
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Dioscoreales
Family:	Nartheciaceae
Genus:	Aletris
Species:	A. lutea
Binomial name
Aletris lutea Walter
Synonyms [2]
Aletris lutea f. albifloraE.T.Browne

Aletris lutea (Yellow colic-root) is a plant species native to the southeastern United States from Louisiana to Georgia. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

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. ^[6]

Ecology

Aletris lutea is insect pollinated and is recorded to have been visited in northern Florida by the bee species Megachile campanulae . ^[7]

References

1. "NatureServe Explorer - Aletris lutea". NatureServe Explorer Aletris lutea. NatureServe. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 22 Jun 2022.
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
4. Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Monocotyledons 1–712. The University of Georgia Press, Athens
5. Small, John Kunkel 1899. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden 1(4): 278–279 in English
6. "Aletris aurea in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
7. Ulyshen, M. D., K. Robertson, S. Horn, and C. Dixon. 2024. Characterization of the bee community and pollinatrion network in a southeastern U.S. pine savanna. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12:1403602.