Native plant · NARTHECIACEAE
Aletris lutea
YELLOW COLICROOT
Florida native plant record
This profile summarizes published Florida Seed Bank directory data for Aletris lutea. County information reflects documented specimen or occurrence evidence and does not guarantee current presence at a site.
- Scientific name
- Aletris lutea
- Family
- NARTHECIACEAE
- Genus
- Aletris
- Order
- DIOSCOREALES
- Classification
- Monocots
- Recorded status
- Native; FACW (NWPL); FAC (DEP)
- Florida range
- Central Florida · Panhandle · South Florida · North Florida · Florida Keys
- Vouchered / Found in Florida
- Hillsborough; Wakulla; Escambia; Polk; Brevard; Sarasota; Duval; St. Johns; Walton; Clay; Hernando; Calhoun; Leon; Flagler; Volusia; Martin; Collier; Hardee; Lake; Pinellas; Highlands; Seminole; Pasco; Liberty; Santa Rosa; Nassau; Monroe; Manatee; Orange; Gulf; Hendry; Okeechobee; St. Lucie; Bay; Lee; Union; Charlotte; Miami-Dade; Glades; Sumter; Osceola; Washington; Palm Beach
Verified ecology and propagation
- Native habitat
- flatwoods; wetland
- Moisture
- moist
- Restoration considerations
- Habitats: Flatwoods; bogs; moist ruderal sites; Life history: Perennial; Flowering: March to May; Flowering height: 2 to 3 feet; Guide notes: Moist site; roadside ditches or backslopes
Where documented in Florida
Hillsborough; Wakulla; Escambia; Polk; Brevard; Sarasota; Duval; St. Johns; Walton; Clay; Hernando; Calhoun; Leon; Flagler; Volusia; Martin; Collier; Hardee; Lake; Pinellas; Highlands; Seminole; Pasco; Liberty; Santa Rosa; Nassau; Monroe; Manatee; Orange; Gulf; Hendry; Okeechobee; St. Lucie; Bay; Lee; Union; Charlotte; Miami-Dade; Glades; Sumter; Osceola; Washington; Palm Beach
Historical specimen evidence; current presence and complete county coverage are not confirmed.
Related Florida native plants in Aletris
- Aletris aurea — GOLDEN COLICROOT; Golden Miller's-maid
- Aletris bracteata — BRACTED COLICROOT
- Aletris farinosa — WHITE COOLICROOT; MEALY COLICROOT; White-tubed Colicroot
- Aletris obovata — SOUTHERN COLICROOT; White colic-root
- Aletris x tottenii
Data provenance
Florida Seed Bank preserves source attribution and separates documented records from interpretation. See the plant data credits for directory sourcing and licensing notes.