Botany

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.

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• ▸Cosmos caudatus
• ▸Amarna Tomb 3
• ▸Andersonglossum virginianum

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