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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Calopogon barbatus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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You may enjoy reading Orchids of the Francis Marion National Forest by Jim Fowler.
Learn more about Bearded Grass-pink from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calopogon barbatus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calopogon barbatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Calopogon barbatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-10-001:
Calopogon barbatus FAMILY Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Limodorum parviflorum
COMMON NAME:
Bearded Grass-pink
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Alan S. Weakley asw_903291887598591
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm060423_040
April Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm060423_042
April Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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Jim Fowler jafcob_0001
April-May Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Distinguished by cluster of 3-6 flowers all opening about the same time, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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Jim Fowler jafcob_0002
April-May Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
The bright yellow bristles on the lip resemble stamens full of pollen, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Calopogon barbatus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calopogon barbatus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calopogon barbatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Calopogon barbatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-10-001:
Calopogon barbatus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Limodorum parviflorum
2052
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, sandhill seeps, pitcher plant bogs, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Winter/SpringFall
Rose-pink
(rarely 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:
Summer?
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p096
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p259
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p365
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p073
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p331
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p173
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p178
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p397
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005) p012
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