Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Calopogon pallidus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Learn more about Pale Grass-pink from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calopogon pallidus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calopogon pallidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Calopogon pallidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-10-003:
Calopogon pallidus FAMILY Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Limodorum pallidum
COMMON NAME:
Pale Grass-pink
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JK Marlow jkm0505u_08
May Williamsburg County SC
Flowers typically open one at a time sequentially up the stem, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
Jim Fowler jafcop_0003b
May-July Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Lateral sepals are curved toward the stem and petals are curved forward, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_pallidus_palec
August
Lateral sepals distinctively reflexed backward w their apices behind flower, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Calopogon pallidus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calopogon pallidus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calopogon pallidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Calopogon pallidus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-10-003:
Calopogon pallidus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Limodorum pallidum
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