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| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Aletris lutea'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ALLU Plants Database].
 
| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Aletris lutea'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ALLU Plants Database].
 
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Common name: Yellow Colicroot
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Common name: Yellow colicroot
 
==Taxonomic notes==
 
==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.<ref name="alabama">[[http://www.alabamaplants.com/Yellowalt/Aletris_aurea_page.html]]Alabama Plants. Accessed: March 22, 2016</ref>
 
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.<ref name="alabama">[[http://www.alabamaplants.com/Yellowalt/Aletris_aurea_page.html]]Alabama Plants. Accessed: March 22, 2016</ref>

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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 name: 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.

Distribution

Ecology

Conservation and management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

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