Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cleistesiopsis oricamporum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Cleistesiopsis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cleistes bifaria
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Flora of North America
Cleistes bifaria
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Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Cleistesiopsis bifaria
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Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Pogonia bifaria
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-08-001?:
Cleistes divaricata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cleistes divaricata var. bifaria
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Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cleistes divaricata
COMMON NAME:
Small Dragonhead Pogonia, Coastal Plain Small Spreading Pogonia
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cleistesiopsis oricamporum
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cleistes bifaria
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Cleistes bifaria
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Cleistesiopsis bifaria
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Pogonia bifaria
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-08-001?:
Cleistes divaricata
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cleistes divaricata var. bifaria
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cleistes divaricata
3886
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
Habitat: pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhill seepage bogs, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Corolla mostly white (pinkish)
/Sepals brownish-maroon
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
3 sepals, two lateral and one dorsal
Corolla tubular, 3 petals, the two lateral similar & 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 p099?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p262?
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History p028?
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p203?