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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.
Your search found 5 taxa in the family Nartheciaceae, Bog-asphodel family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Golden Colicroot
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Aletris aurea FAMILY: Nartheciaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aletris aurea FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aletris aurea 041-20-001 FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, seepage bogs, pine flatwoods
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Yellow Colicroot
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Aletris lutea FAMILY: Nartheciaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aletris lutea FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas
Common (rare north of GA)
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern White Colicroot
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Aletris obovata FAMILY: Nartheciaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aletris obovata FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aletris obovata 041-20-002 FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in SC
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Northern White Colicroot, Mealy Colicroot, Stargrass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Aletris farinosa FAMILY: Nartheciaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aletris farinosa FAMILY: Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Aletris farinosa 041-20-003 FAMILY: Liliaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, pine flatwoods, seepage bogs, mafic fens and barrens, upland hardpan woodlands and savannas, roadbanks
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Goldencrest
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Lophiola aurea FAMILY: Nartheciaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Lophiola aurea FAMILY: Liliaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Lophiola americana 045-02-001 FAMILY: Haemodoraceae
Habitat: Wet savannas, bogs, marshes, ditches adjacent to these natural habitats
Rare in Coastal Plain of GA & NC
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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