Aletris

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Aletris in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Aletris (Greek word for female slave who ground corn; alluding to apparent mealiness of the fls.). Liliacea;. Hardy small herbs, sometimes grown in borders. Leaves thin, flat, lanceolate, grass-like, in a spreading cluster, all radical: fls. small, in a spiked raceme, terminating a slender scape 2-3 ft. high; perianth not woolly, but wrinkled and roughened with many points that give a mealy appearance; perianth 6-cleft; stamens 6. inserted at the base of the lobes; style 3-cleft.—The aletrises are about 8 in number, in moors, barrens, and grassy places in N. Amer., E. Asia and Japan. They are fibrous-rooted, very bitter herbs, with fls. on a naked scape 1-2 ft. high. July, Aug. They prefer a moist but sunny situation. Prop. slowly by division; or seeds may be used. A plant once catalogued as A. japonica is undetermined. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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