Aletris, the colicroot, colicweed, crow corn, or unicorn root, is a genus of in the family Nartheciaceae, native to North America and to eastern and southeastern Asia, especially China.
Species
Aletris species include:
[ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps]
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Aletris alpestris Diels. - Guizhou, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan
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Aletris aurea Walter - from Texas and Oklahoma to Maryland
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Aletris bracteata Northr. - Florida, Bahamas
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Aletris capitata F.T.Wang & Tang - Sichuan
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Aletris cinerascens F.T.Wang & Tang - Yunnan, Guangxi
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Aletris farinosa L. - Ontario and much of eastern United States
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Aletris foliata (Maxim.) Makino & Nemoto - Korea, Japan
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Aletris foliolosa Stapf - Sumatra, Sabah, Mindoro
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Aletris foliosa (Maxim.) Bureau & Franch. - Japan
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Aletris glabra Bureau & Franch. - Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Tibet, Fujian, Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan
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Aletris glandulifera Bureau & Franch. - Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan
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Aletris gracilis Rendle - Nepal, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar, Tibet, Yunnan
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Aletris laxiflora Bureau & Franch. - Tibet, Sichuan, Guizhou
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Aletris lutea Small - Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana
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Aletris megalantha F.T.Wang & Tang - Yunnan
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Aletris nana S.C.Chen - Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal
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Aletris obovata Nash - - Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina
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Aletris pauciflora (Klotzsch) Hand.-Mazz - Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, northern India
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Aletris pedicellata F.T.Wang & Tang - Sichuan
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Aletris scopulorum Dunn - Shikoku, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang
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Aletris simpliciflora R.Li & Shu D.Zhang - Tibet
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Aletris spicata (Thunb.) Franch. - Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands, much of China
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Aletris stenoloba Franch. - Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan
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Aletris × tottenii E.T.Browne - Georgia (hybrid, A. lutea × A. obovata)
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Aletris yaanica G.H.Yang - Sichuan
