Index / Search / Aletris farinosa
§1 Plant
Aletris farinosa L.
vernacular white colicroot — species · Liliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Liliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Aletris
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 419 counties across 28 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 419 counties across 28 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Bibb 13021
- Bulloch 13031
- Calhoun 13037
- Candler 13043
- Coweta 13077
- Dade 13083
- DeKalb 13089
- Dodge 13091
- Dougherty 13095
- Douglas 13097
- Emanuel 13107
- Fannin 13111
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jenkins 13165
- Lee 13177
- Lumpkin 13187
- Meriwether 13199
- Oconee 13219
- Polk 13233
- Rabun 13241
- Screven 13251
- Stephens 13257
- Sumter 13261
- Tattnall 13267
- Telfair 13271
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Turner 13287
- Walker 13295
- Wilcox 13315
Illinois view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Davidson 37057
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Franklin 37069
- Graham 37075
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mitchell 37121
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Wake 37183
- Watauga 37189
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carter 47019
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Greene 47059
- Grundy 47061
- Haywood 47075
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- Monroe 47123
- Moore 47127
- Morgan 47129
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Scott 47151
- Sevier 47155
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bland 51021
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- James City 51095
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Smyth 51173
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ALFA2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2756106 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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