Aletris lutea

Yellow Colic-root

Nartheciaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:	Flower
Size:	4 ft tall by 0.5 ft wide
Life Span:	Short-lived perennial
Flower Color:	Yellow
Fruit Color:	NA
Phenology:	Winter dormant
Noted for:	Showy flowers

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:	Moist wildflower garden. As it is tall and thin, it's best planted as a group toward the rear of other plants.
Propagation:	Seed. If you manage to establish a patch, potentially vegetatively through division of the bulbs. This species is rarely, if ever, cultivated and its specific propagation requirements are not well known.
Availability:	Seed
Light:	Full Sun,  Part Shade
Moisture Tolerance:	always floodedextremely dry
	(Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Somewhat moist, no flooding)
Moisture Tolerance:	Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Somewhat moist, no flooding
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:	Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance:	Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or other substrate:	Sand
Soil pH:	Likely acidic

Ecology

Wildlife:	Pollinated by bumblebees and butterflies.
Insects:	Pollinated by bumblebees and beeflies.
Native Habitats:	Open seepage areas, flatwoods, moist ditches.

Distribution and Planting Zones

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