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 | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Nartheciaceae |
| Genus: | Aletris |
| Species: | A. obovata
|
| Binomial name | |
| Aletris obovata | |
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 edit
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Aletris obovata". NatureServe Explorer Aletris obovata. NatureServe. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 22 Jun 2022.
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map Image
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Aletris obovata in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
- ^ Hill, Hawthorn (2010-09-09). "Native Florida Wildflowers: White Colic-root - Aletris obovata". Native Florida Wildflowers. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
