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§1 Plant
Aletris obovata Nash
vernacular southern colicroot — species · Liliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Liliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Aletris
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 47 counties across 3 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 47 counties across 3 states/territories.
Florida view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bradford 12007
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hamilton 12047
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Putnam 12107
- St. Johns 12109
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Wakulla 12129
Georgia view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ALOB3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2756123 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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