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A description of ''Aletris lutea'' is provided in [http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101325 The Flora of North America].  
 
A description of ''Aletris lutea'' is provided in [http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101325 The Flora of North America].  
  
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Revision as of 08:41, 18 May 2016

Aletris lutea
Aletris lutea.jpg
Photo by Katelin Pearson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Tracheophyta - Vascular plants
Class: Magnoliopsida– Monocotyledons
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Nartheciaceae
Genus: Aletris
Species: A. lutea
Binomial name
Aletris lutea
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Aletris lutea dist.JPG
Natural range of Aletris lutea from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common names: Yellow Colicroot

Taxonomic notes

The genus name Aletris comes for the Greek word for a female slave who ground corn, this is in reference to the perianth shaped like a corn kernel.[1].

Description

A description of Aletris lutea is provided in The Flora of North America.




References and notes

  1. [[1]]Alabama Plants. Accessed: March 22, 2016