Taxon:
Aletris farinosa L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:319. 1753
Verified:
03/17/2006
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Britton, N. L. & A. Brown. 1952. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, ed. 3.
- Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
- Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
- Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
- FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Jones, G. N. & G. D. Fuller. 1955. Vascular plants of Illinois.
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967-. The vascular flora of Ohio.
- Personal Care Products Council. INCI URL: http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
- Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
- Seymour, F. 1969. The flora of New England.
- Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2.
- Zomlefer, W. B. 1997. The genera of Nartheciaceae in the southeastern United States. Harvard Pap. Bot. 2:205.
- 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
English
agueroot – colicroot – crow-corn – mealy star-grass – mealy starwort – unicorn-root – white star-grass – Swedish
mjöllilja –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Ontario | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | n. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Wisconsin | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Connecticut | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Indiana | n. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maine | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Massachusetts | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Michigan | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Hampshire | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Jersey | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New York | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Ohio | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Rhode Island | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | West Virginia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Delaware | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | District of Columbia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | n.w. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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EASTERN CANADA:
Canada [Ontario]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Connecticut, Indiana (n.), Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan (s.), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia]
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Illinois (n.), Oklahoma (e.), Wisconsin]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (n.w.), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Environmental | ornamental | | Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |