Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may enjoy reading Orchids of the Francis Marion National Forest by Jim Fowler.
Learn more about Grass-pink from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-10-002:
Calopogon pulchellus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Tim Spira tps_ctuberosus
Month Unknown
Sepals and lateral petals are nearly alike, spreading, 0.6-1" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calopogon tuberosus var. tuberosus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-10-002:
Calopogon pulchellus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
1909
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in Mountains & Piedmont)
Look for it in savannas, sandhill seeps, floating peat mats, in Piedmont & Mountains in bogs, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink/ Magenta/ Lavender
(rarely white)
Bisexual
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
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p098
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p112
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p020
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p330
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p177
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p179
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p053
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History p024
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p390
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p448
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p024
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p203