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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Yams, Colicroots, and Allies
  6. Bog Asphodels and Colicroots
  7. Colicroots

genus

Colicroots

Aletris

Traits
Includes
5 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • White-tubed Colicroot native
  • Yellow Colicroot native
  • Golden Miller's-maid native
  • Aletris formosana present
  • White Colic-root native
  • Bracted Colicroot native
  • Aletris × tottenii native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native colicroots All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • White-tubed Colicroot Aletris farinosa flowers 17
  • Yellow Colicroot Aletris lutea flowers 5
  • Golden Miller's-maid Aletris aurea flowers 1
  • Bracted Colicroot Aletris bracteata flowers 1
  • White Colic-root Aletris obovata

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