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Aletris farinosa L.
white colicroot

       
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Aletris farinosa L.

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Distribution:
Aletris farinosa L.

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (ON)
 

Related Taxa:
Aletris farinosa L.

View 108 genera in Liliaceae, 6 species in Aletris
 

Classification:
Aletris farinosa L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Liliidae
Order Liliales
Family Liliaceae – Lily family
Genus Aletris L. – colicroot
Species Aletris farinosa L. – white colicroot
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Aletris farinosa L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
unicorn root              Possibly Extirpated
New York:
stargrass              Threatened
Pennsylvania:
colic-root              Endangered
Rhode Island:
colicroot              Special Concern
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Aletris farinosa L.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC,FAC+ FAC FAC+ FAC NO NO FAC NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Aletris farinosa L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 42769.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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