Yellow Colicroot
Aletris lutea
Yellow colicroot is the Southeastern counterpart of white colicroot, with golden-yellow tubular flowers on tall stalks above a rosette, native to wet pine savannas.
- Family
- Nartheciaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–4 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC