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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Nartheciaceae |
| Genus: | Aletris |
| Species: | A. bracteata
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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]
References
edit- ^ "Aletris bracteata - Species Page - ISB: Atlas of Florida Plants". florida.plantatlas.usf.edu. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 26 p 65, Aletris bracteata
- ^ BONAP (Biota of North America Program) floristic synthesis map, Aletris bracteata
- ^ 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.
- ^ Northrop, Alice Bell. 1902. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 12(1): 27–28, pl. 1.
- ^ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
