Aletris bracteata explained

Aletris bracteata (bracted colicroot) is a plant species native to southern Florida (Monroe and Miami-Dade Counties) and to the Bahamas (Andros and Abaco Islands).^[1] It grows in the Everglades and other wet areas very close to sea level.^{[2] [3]} Some hybridization between this species and the yellow-flowered A. lutea has been noted.^[4]

Aletris bracteata is a perennial herb up to 60 cm tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Flowers are white, about 7 mm long. ^{[2] [5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aletris bracteata - Species Page - ISB: Atlas of Florida Plants. florida.plantatlas.usf.edu. 2017-01-19.
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101324 Flora of North America v 26 p 65, Aletris bracteata
3. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Aletris%20bracteata.png BONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis map, Aletris bracteata
4. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3159/08-RA-028.1 Wilsdon, Wendy K., & Jennifer H. Richards. 2009. Variation in southern Florida and Bahamanian Aletris (Nartheciaceae): morphology, phenology and putative hybridization. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 136:192-202.
5. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31682440#page/31/mode/1up Northrop, Alice Bell. 1902. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 12(1): 27–28, pl. 1.
6. Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.