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 MarylandAletris bracteata Northr. - Florida, BahamasAletris capitata F.T.Wang & Tang - SichuanAletris cinerascens F.T.Wang & Tang - Yunnan, GuangxiAletris farinosa L. - Ontario and much of eastern United StatesAletris foliata Makino & Nemoto - Korea, JapanAletris foliolosa Stapf - Sumatra, Sabah, MindoroAletris foliosa Bureau & Franch. - JapanAletris glabra Bureau & Franch. - Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Tibet, Fujian, Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan Aletris glandulifera Bureau & Franch. - Gansu, Shaanxi, SichuanAletris gracilis Rendle - Nepal, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh, Myanmar, Tibet, YunnanAletris laxiflora Bureau & Franch. - Tibet, Sichuan, GuizhouAletris lutea Small - Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, LouisianaAletris megalantha F.T.Wang & Tang - YunnanAletris nana S.C.Chen - Tibet, Yunnan, NepalAletris obovata Nash - - Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, South CarolinaAletris pauciflora Hand.-Mazz - Tibet, Yunnan, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, northern IndiaAletris pedicellata F.T.Wang & Tang - SichuanAletris scopulorum Dunn - Shikoku, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang Aletris simpliciflora R.Li & Shu D.Zhang - TibetAletris spicata Franch. - Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands, much of ChinaAletris stenoloba Franch. - Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, YunnanAletris × tottenii E.T.Browne - Georgia Aletris yaanica'' G.H.Yang - Sichuan