OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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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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camera icon 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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camera icon 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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camera icon 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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camera icon speaker icon 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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