Habit: Aletris farinosa grows as a perennial with a basal rosette in clumps or spreading via stolons. The linear to lanceolate leaves are to 10 cm in length, an acute leaf apex and sessile base.
The complete, perfect, actinomorphic flowers are arranged in racemes each subtended by a bract. The calyx has 3 sepals. The corolla has 3 petals. The calyx and corolla are fused into a single, yellowish white tube. There are 6 unfused stamens. The ovary is superior with 3 locules and numerous seeds. The fruit is a capsule at maturity.
Habitat: Aletris farinosa grows in wet areas of Pine Woodlands and grass/sedge wetlands.
Distribution: Aletris farinosa occurs in northern pine islands of the Lucayan Archipelago and the eastern United States and Canada.
Medicinal/Cultural/Economic usage: Aletris farinosa has no known medicinal uses in the Bahamas.
It has been used in the United States and Canada to treat Colic.