Aletris lutea (Yellow colic-root) is a plant species native to the southeastern United States from Louisiana to Georgia.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution mapGodfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Monocotyledons 1–712. The University of Georgia Press, AthensSmall, John Kunkel 1899. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden 1(4): 278–279 in English
Aletris lutea grows in wet areas, especially seasonally flooded pine forests near the coast. It is a perennial herb up to 100 cm tall, with a long spike of small, cylindrical flowers. Flowers are usually yellow but sometimes white.
Ecology
Aletris lutea is insect pollinated and is recorded to have been visited in northern Florida by the bee species Megachile campanulae.Ulyshen, M. D., K. Robertson, S. Horn, and C. Dixon. 2024. Characterization of the bee community and pollinatrion network in a southeastern U.S. pine savanna. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12:1403602.
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