Aletris obovata
| Aletris obovata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Nartheciaceae |
| Genus: | Aletris |
| Species: | A. obovata |
| Binomial name | |
| Aletris obovata Nash | |
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][1][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 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.[5][6]
References
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Victoria I. Sullivan. 1973. Biosystematics of Aletris lutea Small, Aletris obovata Nash, and Natural Hybrids (Liliaceae). Brittonia 25(3):294-303
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 66 Aletris obovata Nash
- ↑ Native Florida Wildflowers, White Colic-root - Aletris obovata
External links
- Phytoimages photos
- Aletris Uses, Benefits & Dosage - Drugs.com Herbal Database
- Henriette Kress, Henriette's Herbal Page
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