OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pogonia ophioglossoides   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Pogonia ophioglossoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Pogonia ophioglossoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-07-001:

Pogonia ophioglossoides   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Pogonia ophioglossoides

 

COMMON NAME:
Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth Orchid, Beardflower, Addermouth


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image of Pogonia ophioglossoides, Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth Orchid, Beardflower, Addermouth

Alan S. Weakley    asw_761477365530676

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

image of Pogonia ophioglossoides, Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth Orchid, Beardflower, Addermouth

Douglas Houck    dhk_4296

May    Aiken County    SC

Aiken State Park

A single fragrant flower grows at the summit of the stem from a leafy bract, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Pogonia ophioglossoides, Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth Orchid, Beardflower, Addermouth

Douglas Houck    dhk_4310

May    Aiken County    SC

Aiken State Park

Sepals and petals usually pink, the lip tipped with deep purplish magenta, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Pogonia ophioglossoides, Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth Orchid, Beardflower, Addermouth

JK Marlow    jkm210523_0701

May    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

"ophioglossoides" refers to Adder's Tongue Fern, also with a solitary leaf, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Pogonia ophioglossoides, Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth Orchid, Beardflower, Addermouth

JK Marlow    jkm210523_0703

May    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Pogonia ophioglossoides, Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth Orchid, Beardflower, Addermouth

JK Marlow    jkm210523_0708

May    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

The lip's shape is a powerful attractor for insects, but it provides no nectar -

image of Pogonia ophioglossoides, Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth Orchid, Beardflower, Addermouth

JK Marlow    jkm210523_704

May    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

... thus pollination depends on naive, inexperienced bees, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).

image of Pogonia ophioglossoides, Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth Orchid, Beardflower, Addermouth

Dan Whitten    sdw_052921_rosepogonia

May    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Pogonia ophioglossoides, Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth Orchid, Beardflower, Addermouth

Dan Whitten    sdw_053121_rosepogonia2

May    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Pogonia ophioglossoides, Rose Pogonia, Snakemouth Orchid, Beardflower, Addermouth

JK Marlow    jkm070702_047

July    Pocahontas County    WV

Cranberry Glades Botanical Area

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pogonia ophioglossoides   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pogonia ophioglossoides   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Pogonia ophioglossoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Pogonia ophioglossoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 049-07-001:
Pogonia ophioglossoides   FAMILY Orchidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pogonia ophioglossoides

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2146

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Savannas, bogs, especially in open peaty or gravelly situations, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rose/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:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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