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Wetland and Aquatic Plants of Oklahoma

Interactive Keys: Emergent

Yellow Flowers
 
1. Flowers with three to six petals or lobes

Liliaceae

Golden colicroot (Aletris aurea Walt.) 
Native perennial.
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Aletris aurea map                                         Aletris aurea

Note: Roots were chewed to relieve toothache or induce vomiting.  Used by the Cherokee as an aid to digestion.

NWI status: FACW+
 
     


Last update: 2/25/04
Comments to : Bruce Hoagland

bhoagland@ou.edu

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