OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



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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image of Calopogon barbatus, Bearded Grass-pink

Alan S. Weakley    asw_903291887598591

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

image of Calopogon barbatus, Bearded Grass-pink

JK Marlow    jkm060423_040

April    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Calopogon barbatus, Bearded Grass-pink

JK Marlow    jkm060423_042

April    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Calopogon barbatus, Bearded Grass-pink

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).

image of Calopogon barbatus, Bearded Grass-pink

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

 

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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

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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

 

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