Biology:Aletris farinosa
| Aletris farinosa | |
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| Aletris farinosa in West Greenwich, Rhode Island | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Nartheciaceae |
| Genus: | Aletris |
| Species: | A. farinosa
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| Aletris farinosa | |
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Aletris farinosa, called the unicorn root, true unicorn, crow-corn, white colic-root or white stargrass, is a plant species found across much of the eastern United States . It has also been reported from the southern part of Ontario, Canada . It is known from every state east of the Mississippi River except Vermont, as well as Texas , Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.[2][3] Its native habitats include moist peaty, sandy or gravelly areas.[4]
Aletris farinosa is a perennial herb spreading by means of underground rhizomes and forming rosettes of leaves. Leaves are narrow, up to 20 cm long, bright yellowish-green. Flowering stalks can be as much as 100 cm tall. Flowers are white, up to 10 mm long. Fruit is a dry capsule tapering at the tip.[2][5][6][7][8]
Gallery
Illustration by Sydenham Edwards[9]
Inflorescence in Barnstable, Massachusetts
Leaves at the Asheville Botanical Gardens
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References
- ↑ The Plant list, Aletris farinosa
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Aletris farinosa in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=220000415.
- ↑ BONAP (Biota of North America Project), 2014 county distribution map, Aletris farinosa Image
- ↑ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=alfa2.
- ↑ von, Linné, Carl; Lars, Salvius (1753-01-01) (in en). Caroli Linnaei ... Species plantarum. 1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358338#page/331/mode/1up.
- ↑ Gleason, H. A. & A.J. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (ed. 2) i–910. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx.
- ↑ Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
- ↑ Voss, E. G. 1972. Gymnosperms and Monocots. i–xv, 1–488. In Michigan Flora. Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
- ↑ 1811 illustration by Sydenham Edwards, published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine v. 34
Wikidata ☰ Q2832875 entry
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