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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Dioscoreales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aletris obovata   FAMILY Nartheciaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aletris obovata   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Aletris obovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Aletris obovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-20-002:

Aletris obovata   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aletris obovata

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern White Colicroot


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image of Aletris obovata, Southern White Colicroot

Alan S. Weakley    asw_178852321656815

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Flowers curve inward at the tip and are typically about as broad as long at maturity, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aletris obovata   FAMILY Nartheciaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aletris obovata   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aletris obovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Aletris obovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-20-002:
Aletris obovata   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aletris obovata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3032

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in SC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White to creamy-white
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals, connate basally
6 stamens
Ovary partly superior
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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