Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aletris farinosa L. [Nartheciaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ague root	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
agueroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
aletris	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
aletris farinosa	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
blazing star	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
colic root	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
colic-root	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
colicroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
crow-corn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mealy star-grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mealy starwort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mjöllilja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
star grass	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
star-grass	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
true unicorn	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
unicorn root	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
unicorn-root	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white colicroot	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
white star-grass	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aletris alba Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 189 (1803).
Aletris lucida Raf. Autik. Bot.: 136 (1840).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aletris farinosa	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Aletris farinosa L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Aletris farinosa

Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)

Aletris farinosa L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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