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Aletris bracteata Northr.
White colic-root, bracted colic-root

Aletris bracteata
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley

Family: Nartheciaceae

Group: Monocot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: South Florida and the Bahamas.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

NatureServe Global Status: Imperiled

State of Florida Status: Endangered

Florida Natural Areas Inventory State Status: Imperiled

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Imperiled

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: This was ranked as imperiled in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 2002). It was reassessed in 2025 using updated NatureServe criteria and the rank of imperiled was retained

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Comments: For more images, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below.

Other data on Aletris bracteata available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Aletris bracteata has been found in the following 10 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Big Cypress National Preserve Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Florida City Pineland Possibly Extirpated Possibly Extirpated
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands Present Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park Present Native
National Key Deer Refuge Present Native
Navy Wells Pineland 2 Present Native
South Dade Wetlands Present Native
Southern Glades Present Native
Zoo Miami Present Native

Aletris bracteata has been found in the following 3 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Miami-Dade County Native
Monroe County (Keys) Native
Monroe County (Mainland) Native

Aletris bracteata has been found in the following 2 habitats :
Marl Prairie
Pine Rockland

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Aletris bracteata
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Aletris bracteata
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer