Aletris obovata

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Aletris obovata
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Apparently Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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). [2] [3] [4] [5]

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 cream-colored 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. [6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer - Aletris obovata". NatureServe Explorer Aletris obovata. NatureServe. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 22 Jun 2022.
  2. ↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map Image
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Aletris obovata in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  7. ↑ Hill, Hawthorn (2010-09-09). "Native Florida Wildflowers: White Colic-root - Aletris obovata". Native Florida Wildflowers. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
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