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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Calopogon multiflorus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
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Learn more about Many-flowered Grass-pink from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calopogon multiflorus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calopogon multiflorus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Calopogon multiflorus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Limodorum multiflorum
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Limodorum pinetorum
COMMON NAME:
Many-flowered Grass-pink
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April Levy County FL
Goethe State Forest
Most of the 5-15 flowers open at about the same time, per Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005).
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April Levy County FL
Goethe State Forest
Petals widest above the middle, with a narrow base and bluntly pointed tip, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Calopogon multiflorus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Calopogon multiflorus
FAMILY
Orchidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Calopogon multiflorus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Calopogon multiflorus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Limodorum multiflorum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Limodorum pinetorum
2051
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moderately well-drained soils of pine savannas and pine flatwoods (often with Serenoa repens, within its distribution), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring
Magenta-pink
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!
- 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 Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p178
- Wild Orchids of South Carolina: A Popular Natural History (Fowler, 2005) p016
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