Aletris aurea

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Aletris aurea
    n 1: colicroot with yellow-bracted racemose flowers; smaller
         than Aletris farinosa; southeastern United States [syn:
         {yellow colicroot}, {Aletris aurea}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Colicroot \Col"ic*root`\, n.
   A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the
   leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in
   a long spike ({Aletris farinosa} and {Aletris aurea}). Called
   sometimes {star grass}, {blackroot}, {blazing star}, and
   {unicorn root}.
   [1913 Webster]