White Colicroot
Aletris farinosa
White colicroot sends up slender wands of mealy-textured white tubular flowers from a flat basal rosette, a distinctive native of moist sandy meadows and open pine woods.
- Family
- Nartheciaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.5–3 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, MI, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, WI