FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
ALETRIS FARINOSA (Haemodoraceae), AGUE-ROOT, COLIC-ROOT, CROW-CORN, STAR GRASS, UNICORN-ROOT
Hedrick, U.P. editor. 1919. Sturtevant's Notes on Edible Plants. Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station for the Year 1919 II. Albany, J.B Lyon Company, State Printers. [References Available]
is a plant of North America. This plant, says Masters, is one of the most intense bitters known, but, according to Rafinesque, the Indians eat its bulbs.