Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Dioscoreales > Nartheciaceae > Aletris > Aletris farinosaAletris farinosa (white colicroot)Synonyms: Aletris alba; Aletris lucida Aletris farinosa, called the Unicorn root, crow-corn, white colic-root or white stargrass, is a plant species found across much of the eastern United States. It has also been reported from the southern part of Ontario, Canada. It is known from every state east of the Mississippi River except Vermont, as well as Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. |
Edible [1] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | Flower Type [1] | Hermaphrodite | Hazards [1] | The fresh root is mildly poisonous; | Lifespan [1] | Perennial | | Height [1] | 24 inches (0.6 m) | Width [1] | 6 inches (0.15 m) | View Plants For A Future Record : Aletris farinosa |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Blue Ridge Parkway National Parkway |
V |
73611 |
North Carolina, Virginia, United States |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research |
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North Carolina, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
II |
515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Hobcaw Barony (North Inlet) National Estuarine Research Reserve |
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7585 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore |
II |
8272 |
Indiana, United States |
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Kings Mountain National Military Park |
V |
3925 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Moores Creek National Battlefield |
III |
100 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Obed Wild and Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
V |
5268 |
Tennessee, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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37548505 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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