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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-10-002:
Calopogon pulchellus FAMILY Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Limodorum tuberosum
COMMON NAME:
Common Grass-pink
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_litu4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm100514_125
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Upper petal (lip) narrow, spreading to a triangular tip w orange bristles, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm210523_0690
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210523_0691
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
One or two linear-lanceolate, strongly ribbed leaves, 6-20" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Dan Whitten sdw_052921_grasspink3
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Petals curve slightly forward, lending flowers an overall triangular look, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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Dan Whitten sdw_053121_grasspink2
May Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
A curved and winged column projects from the center of the flower, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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Dan Whitten sdw_053121_grasspink4
May Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Flowers open progressively upwards, fewer than 4 open at any one time, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231869850105224
July Hoke County NC
Sepals and lateral petals are nearly alike, spreading, 0.6-1" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-10-002:
Calopogon pulchellus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Limodorum tuberosum
1909
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, wet pine flatwoods, sandhill seeps, floating peat mats, in the Piedmont and Mountains in bogs, westward in wet prairies, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink/ Magenta/ Lavender
(rarely white)
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals, two lateral and one dorsal
3 petals, the two lateral similar and a third (the lip) enlarged
stamens and pistil fused together into a column
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p098
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p112
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p369
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p020
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p073
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p330
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p177
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p179
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p053
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p398
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005) p024
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p390
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p448
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p024
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p203
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