Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

You may enjoy reading Orchids of the Francis Marion National Forest by Jim Fowler.

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