About Aletris obovata Nash
Aletris obovata, commonly called southern colicroot or white colic-root, is a plant species native to the southeastern United States, where it occurs in Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. This species grows in moist habitats, including pine woodlands and savannahs. It is a perennial herb that reaches up to 100 cm in height, and produces a long spike of small, cylindrical flowers. The flowers are most often white or cream-colored, with brownish tips on the corolla lobes. These lobes bend inward, giving the flower an overall rounded, ovoid or obovoid (egg-shaped) form that only has a narrow opening at the tip. Aletris obovata is usually pollinated by butterflies.
