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 |
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(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
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 8A 8B 9A 9B

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures