Aletris bracteata (bracted colicroot) is a plant species native to southern Florida (Monroe and Miami-Dade Counties) and to the Bahamas (Andros and Abaco Islands).[1] It grows in the Everglades and other wet areas very close to sea level.[2][3] Some hybridization between this species and the yellow-flowered A. lutea has been noted.[4]

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

Aletris bracteata is a perennial herb up to 60 cm tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Flowers are white, about 7 mm long. [2][5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Aletris bracteata - Species Page - ISB: Atlas of Florida Plants". florida.plantatlas.usf.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  2. ^ a b Flora of North America v 26 p 65, Aletris bracteata
  3. ^ BONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis map, Aletris bracteata
  4. ^ Wilsdon, Wendy K., & Jennifer H. Richards. 2009. Variation in southern Florida and Bahamanian Aletris (Nartheciaceae): morphology, phenology and putative hybridization. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 136:192-202.
  5. ^ Northrop, Alice Bell. 1902. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 12(1): 27–28, pl. 1.
  6. ^ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.