OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Cleistesiopsis oricamporum   FAMILY Orchidaceae   Go to FSUS key

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

 

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

 

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3886

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, longleaf pine sandhill seepage bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon

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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

 

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