Aletris

Aletris, the colicroot, colicweed, crow corn, or unicorn root, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Nartheciaceae, native to North America and to eastern and southeastern Asia, especially China. It was used as a component in Lydia Pinkham's original Vegetable Compound.

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