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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pogonia ophioglossoides
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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You may enjoy reading Orchids of the Francis Marion National Forest by Jim Fowler.
Learn more about Rose Pogonia from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pogonia ophioglossoides
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Pogonia ophioglossoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Pogonia ophioglossoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-07-001:
Pogonia ophioglossoides FAMILY Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pogonia ophioglossoides
COMMON NAME:
Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth Orchid, Beardflower, Addermouth
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Alan S. Weakley asw_761477365530676
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
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Douglas Houck dhk_4296
May Aiken County SC
Aiken State Park
A single fragrant flower grows at the summit of the stem from a leafy bract, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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Douglas Houck dhk_4310
May Aiken County SC
Aiken State Park
Sepals and petals usually pink, the lip tipped with deep purplish magenta, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm210523_0701
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
"ophioglossoides" refers to Adder's Tongue Fern, also with a solitary leaf, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm210523_0703
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210523_0708
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
The lip's shape is a powerful attractor for insects, but it provides no nectar -
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JK Marlow jkm210523_704
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
... thus pollination depends on naive, inexperienced bees, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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Dan Whitten sdw_052921_rosepogonia
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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Dan Whitten sdw_053121_rosepogonia2
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm070702_047
July Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pogonia ophioglossoides
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pogonia ophioglossoides
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Pogonia ophioglossoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Pogonia ophioglossoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-07-001:
Pogonia ophioglossoides
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pogonia ophioglossoides
2146
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Savannas, bogs, especially in open peaty or gravelly situations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rose/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:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p099
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p309
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p420
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p316
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p117
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p177
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p051
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p405
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005) p154
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p404
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p022
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p204
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