Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

The hybrid of A. lutea with A. obovata is relatively frequent in the area of parental geographic overlap; it is intermediate, including in flower color, which is a creamy pale yellow, per Weakley's Flora (2022)

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aletris obovata   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Aletris obovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Aletris obovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-20-002:

Aletris obovata   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aletris obovata

COMMON NAME:
Southern White Colicroot

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Alan S. Weakley    asw_178852321656815

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Flowers curve inward at the tip and are typically about as broad as long at maturity, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aletris obovata   FAMILY Nartheciaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aletris obovata   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aletris obovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Aletris obovata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-20-002:
Aletris obovata   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aletris obovata